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
The Laurie Bower Singers Sweet Ginger Bread Man Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
The Laurie Bower Singers Silver Bird Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It ST
Rick Wilkins Should I Love Again From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Tommy Ambrose You're Driving Me Crazy Young Tommy Ambrose
Moe Koffman Jazz Merengue Tales of Koffman
Bill Badgley In the Arms of Love Blue-Ribbon Badgley
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mirage ST
The Brian Browne Trio After Midnight Toronto Instrumental
Moe Koffman The Calm (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra South of Pago Pago ST
Guido Basso Polka Dots & Moonbeams A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Guido Basso Liberated Brother Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Rick Wilkins Weekend in New England My Heart Belongs to Me
Eugene Amaro Another Time Warm
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
The Laurie Bower Singers September Morn When You Say Goodbye
Doug Randle Cote d´Azur Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
Denny Vaughan Hayseedelic Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Ed Bickert Street of Dreams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Voices of Spring Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Pete Schofield and the Canadians King of the Road The Old Meets the New
Ben McPeek Superstar Peace Train
John Arpin At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me Direct to Disc
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Rick Wilkins How Deep Is Your Love For the Sake of Music
Ron Collier Tentet Lee's Lament ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Up On Cripple Creek Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Rick Wilkins Let Me be the One My Heart Belongs to Me
Guido Basso Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie) Lost in the Stars
Hagood Hardy Love is in the Air Reflections
Denny Vaughan Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Ed Bickert Come Rain or Come Shine ST
John Arpin Sunburst Rag (1909) Other Side Of Ragtime
Jimmy Dale Baby I'm A-Want You Toronto Instrumental
Jimmy Namaro One of a Kind Mambo With Mallets A 4 Thought
Ben McPeek Something Better to Do Thinking of You
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Bess You is My Woman Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Teddy Roderman A Gliss to Build a Gleam On Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Too Late Now Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Hagood Hardy Don't Give up on Us Tell Me My Name
Bill Butler Summertime The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Guido Basso Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw) Love Talk
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Cried for You Bluesprint
Jimmy Namaro I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin' With Mallets A 4 Thought
Paul Zaza Malaguena Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Hagood Hardy Folks Who Live on the Hill Stop 33 Sutton Place
Denny Vaughan Love Me Tender A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Jimmy Namaro Kcammot Driftwood
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Teddy Roderman The Happening Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
The Laurie Bower Singers Something is Happening Feelin'
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy Something in Your Smile Stop 33 Sutton Place
The Laurie Bower Singers The Rose Laurie Bower
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Yesterday It’s a Sign of the Times
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Twooch Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Secret Love Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Hagood Hardy Jennifer's Song The Homecoming
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening (re-issue)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Do Something Nice Today!
Rick Wilkins If You Remember Me Discovery
Norman Amadio Trio You Do Something To Me ST
Compilation Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Moonlight Serenade It’s a Sign of the Times
The Laurie Bower Singers I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight) Laurie Bower
Wally Koster Sunset Waltz Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz
Bill Butler I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wang Wang Blues Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Cowell To Love Somebody The Tender Loving Care
Phil Nimmons Group Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag) Mary Popppins Swings
The Laurie Bower Singers Out Here On My Own It Goes Like It Goes
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' My Best Girl + Horn = Dixie
Paul Hoffert With a Wiggle The Jazz Roots of
The Laurie Bower Singers Woman Got a Feelin' for Love
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening
The Laurie Bower Singers Brand New Key Morning Has Broken
Compilation Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance Jazz Toronto
Bill Badgley Lady At the Ports of Call
Rick Wilkins A Wish Away For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Wally Koster Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Lucio Agostini Taxi Action With Agostini
Jimmy Dale Cidade Vazia Soft and Groovy
Bill Butler I'm Always Chasing Rainbows Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
The Laurie Bower Singers You Never Done It Like That You
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Eugene Amaro To Spend My Love Twilight Time
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

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

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

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Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

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

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Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

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

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Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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

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

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Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

My Heart Belongs to Me

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

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