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
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Paul Zaza	Follow the Sun	Faces and Places	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daybreak	Looks Like We Made It	02:45
Eugene Amaro	My Love	Twilight Time	02:56
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)	Do Something Nice Today!	02:26
The Laurie Bower Singers	Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard	Morning Has Broken	02:36
Russ Little	Star Crossed Lovers	On the Shoulders of Giants	06:24
Guido Basso	Windmills of Your Mind	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:38
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Hagood Hardy	White Christmas	The Christmas Album	04:09
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Laughter in the Rain	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:50
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
Phil Nimmons Group	As a Rully	Take 10	06:05
2B3	Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival	The Toronto Sessions	05:31
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Hagood Hardy	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	03:06
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening	02:16
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Guido Basso	Two for the Road (H. Mancini)	One More for the Road	06:53
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Paul Zaza	Dancing Lights	Faces and Places	02:16
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Oh Didn't He Ramble	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:36
Pat Riccio	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadian Sunset	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:36
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Russ Little	Out On a Limb	Snapshot	04:05
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Terry Watada	Kyoto Romance	Yellow Fever	03:37
Joyce Sullivan	Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:21
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Jimmy Namaro	Carnival Brasiliero	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Denny Vaughan	An Affair to Remember	Girls I Knew	02:49
Johnny Cowell	Shag	Our Winter Love	01:57
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Moe Koffman	Anteater's Dance	Moe's Curried Soul	03:00
Jimmy Namaro	Morrocco	At the Westbury	03:23
Compilation	Ted Komar - Papirossew	CBC Comp 409	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Bill Butler	Theme from "The Pathetique"	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:00
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Peter Appleyard	Donald's Duck	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:59
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Silver (A Prayer)	Transformations - Invocations	12:22
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Fred Stone	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - Annie Is Back	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:10
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:40
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Denny Vaughan	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:03
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Guido Basso	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Christmas Today	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Moe Koffman	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Minor Mode	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:47
Ed Bickert	Soft Winds	Out of the Past	08:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take Me Home Country Roads	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:40
Lenny Breau	Emily	Mo' Breau	03:40
Moe Koffman	Nature's Banquet (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	07:45
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:54
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Moe Koffman	The Baron	Cool and Hot Sax	03:58
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Moe Koffman	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	Goes Electric	02:43
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Looks Like We Made It	Looks Like We Made It	03:39
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	Tell Me Now b/w It's a Great Life (with The Gossips)	02:50
Lucio Agostini	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Doug Crosley	Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	01:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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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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