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
Hagood Hardy	Deck The Halls (With Boughs Of Holly)	The Christmas Album	02:05
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
The Laurie Bower Singers	Is Someone Listening?	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Sulkey Race	Action With Agostini	02:55
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Phil Nimmons Group	Stay Awake	Mary Popppins Swings	03:01
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Lenny Breau	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:34
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	My Love	Montage	02:26
Jimmy Namaro	Tahiti Boat	Driftwood	02:39
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Teddy Roderman	That's Life	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:00
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Eugene Amaro	Girl From Ipanema	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	03:24
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	At the Ports of Call	02:16
Rick Wilkins	Blues for Helene	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	07:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
Joyce Sullivan	I Could Write a Book	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:54
Guido Basso	The Continental (Con Conrad)	Lost in the Stars	06:00
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
Peter Appleyard	Tell Me A Story	ST	03:22
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Johnny Cowell	I've Gotta Feeling	Hot Brass	01:49
Guido Basso	Sleigh Ride	Christmas Today	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
Bill Butler	Canadian Sunset	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	03:05
Rick Wilkins	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Moe Koffman	Bermuda Schwartz	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:47
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Lucio Agostini	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:16
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Jimmy Namaro	Blues for Fives	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:22
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Hagood Hardy	Leaside Bridge	As Time Goes By	04:56
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Jimmy Namaro	Jimmy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sneaky	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	10:54
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Guido Basso	Lush Life	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:26
Ed Bickert	When Sonny Gets Blue	ST	05:57
Denny Vaughan	Then I'll Be Happy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:42
Bill Badgley	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Compilation	Ben McPeek - For Lovin' Me	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:52
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Guido Basso	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Delta Dawn	Do Something Nice Today!	02:35
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	What is Christmas	Danielle b/w What is Christmas	01:39
Rick Wilkins	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Ben McPeek	Silent Cinema	Thinking of You	02:08
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Compilation	Billy Van - Kiss The Wind	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:18
Teddy Roderman	The Drifter	Makin' It With You	02:19
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Ben McPeek	Superstar	Peace Train	03:34
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:08
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lip Flap (For Fred)	Now!	03:48
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
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening	02:16
Moe Koffman	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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