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
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Jimmy Dale Bye Bye Soft and Groovy
The Laurie Bower Singers Looks Like We Made It Looks Like We Made It
Norman Amadio Trio The Very Thought of You ST
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll Toronto Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Jimmy Namaro He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening) Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
John Arpin Your Love's Return Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jerry Toth To Wait for Love The Music Of
Moe Koffman Lord Have Mercy Goes Electric
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People Strictly Nimmons
Jim O'Driscoll What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
Ed Bickert Where Is the One Out of the Past
Ed Bickert Nancy With the Laughing Face ST
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
John Arpin You are the Sunshine of My Life Direct to Disc
Johnny Cowell Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
Jackie Richardson A Single Woman Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Russ Little Blue Monk On the Shoulders of Giants
Jackie Richardson Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lucio Agostini Caprice Canadien Action With Agostini
Peter Appleyard The Last Blues Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Jackie Richardson I'm In Love Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jerry Toth Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Lucio Agostini La Paloma Azul (Sweet Little Mountain Bird) Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
The Laurie Bower Singers Peaceful Wish I Was A Plane
Denny Vaughan (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Fair Wind Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Jerry Toth But For Love The Music Of
Johnny Cowell Rejoice The Virtuoso Trumpet
The Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Paul Zaza Hollywood Hills Faces and Places
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Wally Koster Alone Together The Songs of Wally Koster
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Teddy Roderman The Green Grass Starts To Grow Makin' It With You
Doug Riley Peace Dance Freedom
Jackie Richardson If I Could Only Sleep Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Ed Bickert Keeping Myself For You Bye Bye Baby
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Hagood Hardy Something in Your Smile Stop 33 Sutton Place
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sneaky Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
2B3 Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy The Toronto Sessions
Guido Basso Sleigh Ride Christmas Today
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
The Laurie Bower Singers Back Home Again Back Home Again
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vinaroz Halifax Instrumental
John Arpin Cannonball Blues Concert In Ragtime
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Henry Cuesta We're at Home Clarinet With Strings
Jimmy Namaro Morrocco At the Westbury
Doug Randle Alley Cat Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Rick Wilkins Songbird For the Sake of Music
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One Long Song Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Ben McPeek Mynah Merengue The Original Sounds of
Lucio Agostini Captain Bacardi Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Guido Basso Anniversary Song It's Happening
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Lenny Breau Secret Love Minor's Aloud
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Song of the Tropics ST
Peter Appleyard We'll Never Know The Vibraphone Of
Peter Appleyard Who Needs It Peter Appleyard Presents
Jimmy Namaro Soft Hands Driftwood
Paul Hoffert With a Wiggle The Jazz Roots of
Peter Appleyard Open the Gates of Love Peter Appleyard Presents
Ben McPeek Admiral Halsey Peace Train
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Lenny Breau Hard Day's Night Guitar Sounds From
Teddy Roderman It's Impossible Makin' It With You
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening
Jimmy Namaro Venezuela With Mallets A 4 Thought
Jerry Toth "Odd Couple" Theme The Music Of
Robert Tennison Troupe I Can See (Instrumental) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Bill Badgley June Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
Russ Little Tutu Slow Burn
Compilation Hogtown Hoe-Down Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice (It's All Right) ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Together Take Me Home Country Roads
Joyce Sullivan Friendly Star The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Namaro Blues for Fives featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers The Rose Laurie Bower
Hagood Hardy If I Had Nothing But a Dream Reflections
Teddy Roderman A Gliss to Build a Gleam On Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Ed Bickert Deep In a Dream Out of the Past

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Footwork

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Russ Little - Snapshot

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

Hochfeld, Manitoba → Vernon, British Columbia → 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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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - ST

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug Riley - Freedom

Toronto, Ontario → Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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

45-Jim O'Driscoll - The English Horn Of (CBC LM 151) VINYL 02

45-Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues (CBC LM 150) VINYL 02

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Deeper and Deeper

Footwork

Slow Burn

On the Shoulders of Giants

45-Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough VINYL 02

Snapshot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

Montage

ST

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

Out of the Past

back

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get it all Together BACK

We Gotta Get It All Together

One Bright Morning

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Tony Quarrington

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

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

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