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
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
John Arpin	The Way We Were	Direct to Disc	03:08
Jerry Toth	The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:45
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Jimmy Dale	Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Fair Weather	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:57
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Jimmy Namaro	Tahiti Boat	Driftwood	02:39
Lenny Breau	A Taste of Honey	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	04:30
Bill Butler	I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:03
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maple Leaf Rag	+ Horn = Dixie	03:24
Kathryn Moses	Oleo	ST	04:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Decorated My Life	When You Say Goodbye	03:38
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
The Mutual Understanding	You Fascinate Me	In Wonderland	03:12
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Tony Quarrington	Princesse en Promenade	One Bright Morning	13:06
Doug Randle	Get Happy	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:03
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Ivy Steel	Now or Never	Reincarnation	02:35
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	His Girl	02:22
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado)	ST	02:26
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Tony Quarrington	Eclipse	One Bright Morning	06:51
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	It's Delovely	And I Love Her	02:19
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Rick Wilkins	We Will Love Again	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Guido Basso	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:28
Hagood Hardy	It's Not Unusual	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Guantanamera	Montage	03:09
Rick Wilkins	A Wish Away	For the Sake of Music	03:17
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Terry Watada	Jazz On a Rainy Day	Night's Disgrace	03:37
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Pat Riccio	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Guido Basso	Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie)	Lost in the Stars	06:42
Doug Riley	Theme for Adele	Freedom	07:05
Rick Wilkins	Junk	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:58
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Rick Wilkins	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Doug Riley	Roads Travelled & Days Gone By	Freedom	04:54
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Knights of the Round Flugel	Your Cheating Heart (Hank Williams)	Bye Bye Love	02:32
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	Guitar Sounds From	04:31
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Wintertime	The Homecoming	02:20
Jimmy Namaro	Good Morning Annie	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:24
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Liza	The Vibe Sound Of	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Johnny Cowell	Arioso	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:00
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Perfect Day	Sailin' Home	02:25
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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