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
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Dolly Medley (Herman) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Harlem Nocturne The Old Meets the New
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Hagood Hardy Christmas Song The Christmas Album
Lenny Breau Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
Moe Koffman Sleep (Adagio) The Four Seasons
Knights of the Round Flugel Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams) Bye Bye Love
Hagood Hardy God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen The Christmas Album
Ivy Steel Travelling Light Reincarnation
Guido Basso Ramblin' It's Happening
Lucio Agostini Jolly Jumping Jack Action With Agostini
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Lenny Breau Neptune ST
Doug Crosley Something (George Harrison) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Moe Koffman Shimmy Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Kathryn Moses Midnight ST
Jimmy Namaro Morrocco At the Westbury
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
Peter Appleyard Liza The Vibe Sound Of
Guido Basso If I Let You Go Love Talk
Jerry Toth One (from a Chorus Line) The Classic Jerry Toth
The Mutual Understanding Show Me Your Laughter Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Paul Zaza Fiesta Flamenco Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Moe Koffman Song for My Father Turned on
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Moe Koffman Twistin' and Bumpin' Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Ben McPeek Every Bit of Love Thinking of You
Don Gillis Lady Death Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Swing Sisters Girl Talk Davenport Blues
The Brian Browne Trio Blue Hair The Toronto Scene
Ben McPeek That Old Black Magic The Original Sounds of
The Laurie Bower Singers You Decorated My Life When You Say Goodbye
Johnny Cowell Walk Hand in Hand Our Winter Love
Compilation Ken Steele - Gently 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Told You So Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Henry Cuesta Am I in Love? Clarinet With Strings
Yorkville Avenue Band Do it Again "Moving Day"
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction) Do Something Nice Today!
The Mutual Understanding Always True to You, Darling, In My Fashion In Wonderland
The Laurie Bower Singers Woman Got a Feelin' for Love
Lenny Breau But Beautiful Mo' Breau
Henry Cuesta Way Down Deep Plays Favourites
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Peter Appleyard Why Don't You Do Right Per-cus-sive Jazz
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
The Laurie Bower Singers What is Christmas Danielle b/w What is Christmas
Bill Butler Canadian Sunset Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Jerry Toth I Am In Love The Twelve Sides Of
Paul Zaza Granada Fantasia Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Lujon ST
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
Jimmy Namaro Baia featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl At the Ports of Call
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Johnny Cowell Stawberry Jam His Girl
Lucio Agostini Linstead Market Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy Leaside Bridge As Time Goes By
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Lenny Breau Mister Night ST
Peter Appleyard You've Got Your Troubles The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Scarborough Fair The Now Sound
Hagood Hardy My Elusive Dreams The Homecoming
Guido Basso My Foolish Heart A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Jimmy Namaro Nothing in This World (Compares With You) With Mallets A 4 Thought
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Compilation This Could be the Start of Something Big (arranged by Bruce Cassidy) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lucio Agostini Golden Earrings Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Hagood Hardy The Trouble with Hello is Goodbye The Homecoming
Guido Basso Early Morning Rain Love Talk
The Laurie Bower Singers Got A Feelin' Got a Feelin' for Love
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Fred Stone Theme from Lawrence of Arabia The Music of Fred Stone
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six One for Mr. 'B' Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Joyce Sullivan The Anniversary Song The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Eugene Amaro What's Goin' On Twilight Time
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sku-Ba-Doo Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Tommy Ambrose Let Loose Young Tommy Ambrose
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Wave Do Something Nice Today!
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Jackie Richardson Me? Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Do Something Nice Today Do Something Nice Today! b/w Summer Love
Jackie Richardson Too Beautiful to Know Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Jerry Toth Heather My Love The Twelve Sides Of
The Laurie Bower Singers Just To Be Alone With You You
Johnny Cowell Roller Coaster The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Peter Appleyard Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Compilation Brian Dickinson - Alone Together Jazz Toronto
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

Compilation

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"

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