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
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Jackie Richardson	My Baby	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:07
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Paul Zaza	Peace River	Images	02:46
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Moe Koffman	Cantelope Island	Moe's Curried Soul	06:56
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Caribbean Moonlight	ST	03:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Hagood Hardy	Let Me Love Again	As Time Goes By	03:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
The Mutual Understanding	Show Me Your Laughter	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:41
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Denny Vaughan	Judy	Girls I Knew	02:24
Jimmy Namaro	Beachcomber's Blues	Driftwood	04:07
Lenny Breau	No Greater Love	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	07:10
Russ Little	Tutu	Slow Burn	06:41
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Russ Little	Autumn in New York	Snapshot	06:10
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Peter Appleyard	Only For Lovers	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	03:03
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Ed Bickert	It’s Time	Bye Bye Baby	04:03
Hagood Hardy	Nightwalker	Tell Me My Name	03:31
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Guido Basso	My Foolish Heart	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:13
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Denny Vaughan	Windy	Girls I Knew	02:31
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Love to Play (Opening Theme)	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	00:54
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Teddy Roderman	That's Life	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:00
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Hagood Hardy	Jingle Bells	The Christmas Album	02:07
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Johnny Cowell	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Told You So	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:28
Teddy Roderman	Feelin' Kinda Sunday	Makin' It With You	02:14
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	King of the Road	The Old Meets the New	03:32
Carol McCartney	I Thought About You	A Night in Tunisia	04:51
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Epilogue	Morning Has Broken	00:37
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Ben McPeek	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Moe Koffman	Sahara	Tales of Koffman	05:02
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
Bill Badgley	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Guido Basso	Noelle	Love Talk	02:56
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Rick Wilkins	With a Little Luck	Discovery	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	Misty	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	01:49
Jerry Toth	The Fool On the Hill	The Music Of	02:42
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Johnny Cowell	Goodbye My Love	The Tender Loving Care	02:04
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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