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
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Hagood Hardy	Christmas Song	The Christmas Album	02:36
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Bill Butler	18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves")	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:38
Wally Koster	Home in Canada (Pat Riccio)	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:28
Phil Nimmons Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Love is in the Air	Reflections	03:36
Jerry Toth	Heather My Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	Sentimental Journey	At the Westbury	02:06
The Brian Browne Trio	Waltzing Matilda	The Toronto Scene	04:05
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:15
Hagood Hardy	The Children's Song	As Time Goes By	02:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Say A Little Prayer For You	The Now Sound	02:49
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Peter Appleyard	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Yorkville Avenue Band	Quite Contrary	"Moving Day"	03:17
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Doug Randle	Isn't it a Pity	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
Jackie Richardson	Stay With Me	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:07
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
Doug Crosley	Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:29
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Jimmy Namaro	Over the Rainbow	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:28
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
John Arpin	Efficiency Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:54
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Lucio Agostini	Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Donald's Duck	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:59
Ben McPeek	Only God Knows	Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease	02:39
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Doug Randle	One Way Swimming	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:04
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Give Up On Us Baby	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Doug Crosley	When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:38
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Moe Koffman	General Delivery	Cool and Hot Sax	03:20
Moe Koffman	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Ben McPeek	Silent Cinema	Thinking of You	02:08
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)	ST	03:03
Phil Nimmons Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Jimmy Namaro	Anna Maria Waltz	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:17
Johnny Cowell	Runnin' Away	Hot Brass	02:20
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
Rick Wilkins	Summer Song	For the Sake of Music	03:34
Bill Badgley	Tiny Bubbles	At the Ports of Call	02:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Johnny Cowell	Pickin' Plums	Hot Brass	02:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Moe Koffman	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Ben McPeek	Early Autumn	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:47
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Song of the Tropics	ST	03:17
Wally Koster	April in Paris	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:02
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
The Brian Browne Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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