The Toronto Jazz Scene

The Toronto Jazz Scene

A city of clubs, sessions, and serious chops—Toronto has long been the beating heart of Canadian jazz. This collection pays tribute to the players, composers, and innovators who shaped its sound: from smoky post-war lounges to modern downtown lofts, from straight-ahead swingers to boundary-pushing experimentalists. Featuring legends, sidemen, and new voices alike, The Toronto Jazz Scene captures the energy, elegance, and evolution of one of North America’s most vital jazz communities.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Midnight Cowboy (John Barry) Now!
Johnny Cowell Ruby Begonia Hot Brass
Lucio Agostini Guadalajara Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Teddy Roderman Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias) Stay Awhile
Teddy Roderman Autumn Concerto Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jimmy Namaro Hammering Home With Mallets A 4 Thought
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Bill Badgley Wednesday's Child At the Ports of Call
Kathryn Moses My Romance ST
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
Jimmy Dale You’d Better Love Me Soft and Groovy
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Russian Rag (Cobb) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Johnny Cowell Winds of Chance Our Winter Love
Moe Koffman The Baron Cool and Hot Sax
The Laurie Bower Singers Papa Joe Wish I Was A Plane
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wolverine Blues Original Toronto Dixieland Band
Lenny Breau Lone Pine Mo' Breau
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Cowell Genevieve The Tender Loving Care
Hagood Hardy Jennifer's Song The Homecoming
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears The Toronto Sessions
2B3 Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat The Toronto Sessions
Eugene Amaro On Days Like These The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Moe Koffman Tangerine (Bossa Nova) Tales of Koffman
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Dale The Look Of Love Soft and Groovy
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
Joyce Sullivan Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Lucio Agostini Tutti Flutti Action With Agostini
Doug Crosley Sing a Happy Song (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Bill Badgley Amanda Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Paul Zaza Flight to the Sun Faces and Places
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Johnny Cowell Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Bill Butler Intermezzo Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Cantelope Island Moe's Curried Soul
The Laurie Bower Singers My Life's A Song You
Guido Basso Let It Snow Christmas Today
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Phil Nimmons Group Chim chim cheree Mary Popppins Swings
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Johnny Cowell Stay With Me The Tender Loving Care
The Brian Browne Trio Home Again The Toronto Scene
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Espresso Sailin' Home
Lucio Agostini Linstead Market Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Peter Appleyard If ST
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Daniel Wish I Was A Plane
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
Sanderlings Love One Another (Trevor Jones) With The Jim Pirie Orchestra
Johnny Cowell Shag Our Winter Love
Rick Wilkins Together My Heart Belongs to Me
Phil Nimmons Group The Life I Lead Mary Popppins Swings
Pete Schofield and the Canadians (Do You Know The Way To) San Jose The Now Sound
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love CBC Comp 409
Moe Koffman Swinging' Shepherd Blues Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Ben McPeek If You Could Read My Mind Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
Eugene Amaro I Didn't Know What Time It Was Warm
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Leave Me Alone Ruby Red Dress Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Peter Appleyard Only For Lovers The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Ed Bickert Skylark I Like To Recognize the Tune
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Hagood Hardy (Love theme from) Missouri breaks Maybe Tomorrow
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Fidgety Feet + Horn = Dixie
The Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Lucio Agostini Pedro Pussycat Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
John Arpin Your Love's Return Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Look What They've Done to My Song It's Impossible
Bill Badgley Moon Love At the Ports of Call
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Paul Hoffert Growing Up The Jazz Roots of
Lenny Breau Emily Mo' Breau
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra September in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Doug Randle Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Lenny Breau The Claw The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Lucio Agostini Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Bill Badgley Fernando Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
Hagood Hardy Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas The Christmas Album
John Arpin The Last Time I Saw Her Face Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Peter Appleyard Undecided Per-cus-sive Jazz
Rick Wilkins The Very Thought of You From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Hagood Hardy When a Child The Christmas Album
Jimmy Namaro Sam For Short At the Westbury
Compilation Ted Komar - Papirossew CBC Comp 409
Ben McPeek Someday Soon The Original Sounds of
Guido Basso Trust in Me And All That Latin Jazz!
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Wally Koster April in Paris The Songs of Wally Koster

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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