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
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rock With You	When You Say Goodbye	03:18
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Tony Quarrington	One Bright Morning	One Bright Morning	06:32
Denny Vaughan	Dominion Square	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:17
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sir Duke	Looks Like We Made It	03:00
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
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
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Ben McPeek	Talk It Over In The Morning	Peace Train	02:21
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
The Brian Browne Trio	Toot That Whistle	The Toronto Scene	02:13
2B3	Doug Riley, Michael Fonfara - Steel Onions	The Toronto Sessions	05:39
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Streets of London	ST	03:31
Peter Appleyard	You've Got Your Troubles	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:48
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Hagood Hardy	Feelin' Good	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Compilation	Snowmen	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Jimmy Namaro	Sand and Sandals	Driftwood	03:19
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Wally Koster	September Song	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Ben McPeek	Someday Soon	The Original Sounds of	01:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Norman Amadio Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Ed Bickert	Bye Bye Baby	Bye Bye Baby	03:41
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:24
Ivy Steel	Boudoirs	Reincarnation	02:50
Bill Badgley	Lady	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:00
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Out Here On My Own	It Goes Like It Goes	03:12
Russ Little	I Want to Make it With You (David Gates)	Deeper and Deeper	02:46
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Bill Butler	I'll Remember April	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	03:08
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight Overture (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	02:41
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
Rick Wilkins	Portrait of a Young Lady	Discovery	03:09
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Lujon	ST	02:42
Phil Nimmons Group	Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)	Mary Popppins Swings	05:29
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell	CBC Comp 409	02:30
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Epilogue	Morning Has Broken	00:37
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Hagood Hardy	I Won't Last a Day without You	The Homecoming	03:55
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Rick Wilkins	The Very Thought of You	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:35
Bill Badgley	All	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:57
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
Peter Appleyard	Lazy Silhouettes	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:54
Jimmy Dale	The Lamp Is Low	Profiles	03:49
Compilation	Carol Welsman - Lucky to be Me	Jazz Toronto	03:55
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Tommy Ambrose	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Jimmy Namaro	Kcammot	Driftwood	02:19
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Hagood Hardy	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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