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	Length
Wally Koster	Alberta Trail	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:33
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Paul Zaza	Flutey Fuge	Faces and Places	02:19
Bill Butler	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:48
Dr. Music	Ain't That a Groove	Doug Riley Transcription	07:52
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Lenny Breau	Anytime (Herbert Lawson)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:47
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Guido Basso	Early Morning Rain	Love Talk	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Ben McPeek	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	Thinking of You	03:20
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Moe Koffman	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
Peter Appleyard	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:28
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Doug Riley	The Way We Was	Freedom	04:44
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Guido Basso	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Phil Nimmons Group	My Old Flame	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:39
Denny Vaughan	An Affair to Remember	Girls I Knew	02:49
Kathryn Moses	My Romance	ST	05:38
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
Ron Collier Tentet	The Days of Wine And Roses	ST	02:39
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Guido Basso	Love Talk	Love Talk	03:09
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Post Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:46
Peter Appleyard	Rockin' in Rhythm	The Vibraphone Of	02:18
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
Bill Butler	18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves")	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Johnny Cowell	Girl On A Roller Coaster	His Girl	02:06
Guido Basso	Megantic Outlaw	Put Your Hand in the Hand	02:37
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Moe Koffman	Exodus	Tales of Koffman	04:29
Henry Cuesta	Remember When (We Made These Memories)	Clarinet With Strings	03:05
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Hagood Hardy	When the First Snow Falls	The Christmas Album	04:15
Jerry Toth	To Wait for Love	The Music Of	02:14
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Johnny Cowell	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Lenny Breau	Spanjazz	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:14
Jimmy Dale	My Reverie	Profiles	03:57
The Mutual Understanding	Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion	In Wonderland	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Jimmy Namaro	Babylon	At the Westbury	03:44
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Johnny Cowell	The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull)	His Girl	02:23
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
Ivy Steel	Prelude to a Kiss	Reincarnation	04:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:06
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy - Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

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Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

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Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

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Peter Appleyard - ST

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

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Doug Riley - Freedom

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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

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

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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