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
Ron Collier Tentet Fair Wind ST
Peter Appleyard A Face Like Yours Peter Appleyard Presents
Peter Appleyard Why Don't You Do Right Per-cus-sive Jazz
Eugene Amaro Last Time I Felt Like This Warm
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
John Arpin King Porter Stomp Concert In Ragtime
Moe Koffman Walk Away Renee Turned on
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Love Talk
Henry Cuesta Fate Clarinet With Strings
Moe Koffman Icicle Bells (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Jerry Toth Guitar Concerto: Adagio The Music Of
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Theme for Susan Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Wally Koster Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Norman Amadio Trio Taboo ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Knock Three Times Do Something Nice Today!
Johnny Cowell Song of Joy The Virtuoso Trumpet
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Namaro We Gotta Get it All Together We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Midnight Bells Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
The Laurie Bower Singers Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On Take Me Home Country Roads
Ed Bickert Sunday Kind of Love I Like To Recognize the Tune
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Guido Basso What A Friend It's Happening
Denny Vaughan Let a Smile be Your Umbrella Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Hagood Hardy Reunion (Theme from Rituals) Tell Me My Name
Lucio Agostini Black Rose (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Lucio Agostini Heart of Gold (Neil Young) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Doug Randle Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Compilation Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Lucio Agostini Help Yourself Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Teddy Roderman Feelin' Kinda Sunday Makin' It With You
Boogus Roller Queen CBC Comp 403 comp
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One for Mr. 'B' Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Moe Koffman Train Whistle Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Norman Amadio Trio Blues For Yna Yna ST
Doug Randle Martin of Her Mind Songs for the New Industrial State
Moe Koffman Inverno Furioso (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Rick Wilkins Ballad for Carolyn My Heart Belongs to Me
Compilation Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T. Jazz Toronto
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Jimmy Dale Only Love Can Break Your Heart Toronto Instrumental
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Nica's Dream (Horace Silver) ST
Ben McPeek Track 17 Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Hagood Hardy Promenade Reflections
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We The Rose And The Rain
Rick Wilkins Someone I Used to Love Discovery
Ed Bickert A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing Bye Bye Baby
Peter Appleyard Dragnet Per-cus-sive Jazz
Terry Watada 3439 North Sheffield Night's Disgrace
Peter Appleyard This Masquerade ST
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Not Soon Enough Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Peter Appleyard You've Got Your Troubles The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Jimmy Namaro This Could be the Start of Something Big Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
John Arpin Bethena Concert In Ragtime
Denny Vaughan My Cherie Amour Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Jimmy Namaro September Song Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Knights of the Round Flugel Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant) Bye Bye Love
Paul Zaza Peace River Images
Jimmy Namaro Lamento Marimba Driftwood
Peter Appleyard Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Hagood Hardy Beauty Stop 33 Sutton Place
Yorkville Avenue Band St. Louis Blues "Moving Day"
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vera Cruz Halifax Instrumental
Bill Badgley Sam Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Bill Butler Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2 Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Dale The Lamp Is Low Profiles
John Arpin Alaskan Rag (1959) Other Side Of Ragtime
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Ballin' the Jack + Horn = Dixie
Denny Vaughan Miss Wistful Girls I Knew
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Canadiana 67 It’s a Sign of the Times
Guido Basso For Awhile Put Your Hand in the Hand
Carol McCartney No More Blues A Night in Tunisia
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Peter Appleyard The Man With The Golden Arm Per-cus-sive Jazz
Ed Bickert Girl Talk I Like To Recognize the Tune
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Guido Basso Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Hagood Hardy Watching Through the Night Maybe Tomorrow
Hagood Hardy When the First Snow Falls The Christmas Album
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Coasting (with Isaacs)
Peter Appleyard Conversation Toronto Instrumental
Moe Koffman When the Saints Go Marching In Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Denny Vaughan Yesterday When I Was Young Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Hagood Hardy You and Me Against the World The Homecoming
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wang Wang Blues Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Doug Randle Nicolston Dam Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)
Peter Appleyard Angel Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Peter Appleyard Night Journey Peter Appleyard Presents
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Blue Velvet The Old Meets the New

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

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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