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
Ed Bickert You're Right As Rain I Like To Recognize the Tune
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening
Norman Amadio Trio The Very Thought of You ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
The Laurie Bower Singers Oh My Lady Wish I Was A Plane
Lucio Agostini Fiddler's Frolic Action With Agostini
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Jimmy Namaro Up a Lazy River We Gotta Get It All Together
Peter Appleyard Night Journey Peter Appleyard Presents
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Peter Appleyard Tell Me A Story ST
Moe Koffman High Heeled Sneakers Moe's Curried Soul
Moe Koffman Flute Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Hagood Hardy Nightwalker Tell Me My Name
The Laurie Bower Singers Papa Joe Wish I Was A Plane
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Boogus Cow Cow Boogie CBC Comp 403 comp
John Arpin The Last Time I Saw Her Face Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
Moe Koffman Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Goes Electric
Paul Zaza Sevillianas Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
The Laurie Bower Singers Love to the People Looks Like We Made It
Bill Butler Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Namaro Love For Sale At the Westbury
Compilation Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me Motorcars In Concert 1970
Ben McPeek Suzanne Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Ivy Steel Robbin’s Nest Reincarnation
Denny Vaughan Hayseedelic Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
The Laurie Bower Singers Put Your Hand In The Hand Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Doug Crosley Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Norman Amadio Trio Mein Shtetele Belz ST
Jimmy Namaro East of the Sun Driftwood
The Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Henry Cuesta Help Me Make It Through The Night Plays Favourites
Johnny Cowell Freeze! Our Winter Love
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Denny Vaughan Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet Montage
Hagood Hardy Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home Tell Me My Name
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Teddy Roderman Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan) Stay Awhile
Moe Koffman Up, Up and Away Turned on
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening
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
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Dig Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Hagood Hardy Afternoon in Venice Maybe Tomorrow
Teddy Roderman Measure The Valleys Makin' It With You
The Laurie Bower Singers Cotton Jenny Morning Has Broken
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Watermelon Man The Now Sound
Hagood Hardy Daniel Tell Me My Name
The Laurie Bower Singers Silver Bird Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Moe Koffman The Mighty Quinn Turned on
Peter Appleyard Cinderella Rockefeller The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Rick Wilkins You Can Have Me Anytime Discovery
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Robert Tennison Troupe Cause You Are Here Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Ron Collier Tentet I Believe In You ST
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand Our Winter Love
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Phil Nimmons Group The Perfect Nanny Mary Popppins Swings
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Back On the Bus Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Jackie Richardson Me? Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
Peter Appleyard Crazy Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Lenny Breau You Needed Me ST
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Moe Koffman Windy Turned on
The Brian Browne Trio Waltzing Matilda The Toronto Scene
The Laurie Bower Singers I Got a Name Back Home Again
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
Jimmy Namaro Morrocco At the Westbury
Doug Crosley Something (George Harrison) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
The Brian Browne Trio Baubles Bangles and Beads The Toronto Scene
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 5th movement Transformations - Invocations
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Hagood Hardy Love of Life Tell Me My Name
Guido Basso S'Wonderful And All That Latin Jazz!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canada (A Centennial Song) It’s a Sign of the Times
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley) ST
Eugene Amaro Afterglow Warm
Ben McPeek He's So Fine Peace Train
Doug Randle Cote d´Azur Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
2B3 Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake The Toronto Sessions
Teddy Roderman Sunny Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So CBC Comp 409
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Lenny Breau Back In Indiana (Hanley & MacDonald) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Paul Zaza Blue Shadows Coasting (with Isaacs)
John Arpin Softly Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

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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