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
Ed Bickert	You’re In Love With Someone	Bye Bye Baby	04:21
Peter Appleyard	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
Lenny Breau	Hard Day's Night	Guitar Sounds From	04:12
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Candida	It's Impossible	03:08
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Denny Vaughan	Happy Days Are Here Again	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:54
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Bill Butler	June in January	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
Rick Wilkins	Lowdown	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:41
Jimmy Namaro	Over the Rainbow	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Moe Koffman	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
Doug Randle	You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Goin' Out Of My Head	The Now Sound	03:29
The Mutual Understanding	Wonderland	In Wonderland	02:54
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Lenny Breau	Spanjazz	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:14
Doug Riley	Dinosaurus	Freedom	04:44
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Aurora Borealis	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	10:16
Moe Koffman	Anteater's Dance	Moe's Curried Soul	03:00
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Kathryn Moses	Ready or Not	ST	03:39
Fred Stone	For Igor	The Music of Fred Stone	07:46
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Russ Little	Deeper and Deeper (Russ Little)	Deeper and Deeper	03:05
Moe Koffman	Train Whistle Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:16
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Guido Basso	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Today	02:42
Ed Bickert	Nancy With the Laughing Face	ST	04:46
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Night's Disgrace	03:58
Ben McPeek	He's So Fine	Peace Train	02:50
Moe Koffman	Hey There	Cool and Hot Sax	03:42
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Glitter Queen	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:55
Wally Koster	Home in Canada (Pat Riccio)	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:28
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
Jimmy Namaro	Night Sounds	At the Westbury	02:54
Jerry Toth	I've Got My Eyes On You	The Music Of	02:42
Hagood Hardy	You and Me Against the World	The Homecoming	03:31
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Ben McPeek	Laughing	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
Rick Wilkins	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
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
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Rick Wilkins	Tomorrow	For the Sake of Music	02:40
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Denny Vaughan	My Cherie Amour	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Eugene Amaro	Afterglow	Warm	03:38
Bill Butler	Chopin Nocturne In E Flat	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:35
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Lenny Breau	Freight Train	Guitar Sounds From	03:31
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Ed Bickert	Sunday Kind of Love	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:36
Lucio Agostini	Help Yourself	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:22
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Eugene Amaro	Wheels Of Life	Warm	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rhumba Girl	It Goes Like It Goes	03:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
Phil Nimmons Group	Little Poppy	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:55
Terry Watada	If I Sing the Blues	Yellow Fever	03:45
Hagood Hardy	I Feel It	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:24
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	She's Always A Woman	You	03:37
Jimmy Namaro	The Man I Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:53
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Compilation	Eve Smith - I Care	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:13
Carol McCartney	Dat Dere	A Night in Tunisia	03:39
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Scarborough Fair	The Now Sound	02:32
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleeping Beauty Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:24

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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