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.

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

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

London, England, 🇬🇧 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Breau, Lenny - ST

Auburn, Maine, 🇺🇸 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

Fano, Italy → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

Don Mills, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

Windsor, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

Angola, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Brantford → Oakville → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, 🇨🇦

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

Brooklyn, New York, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Bickert, Ed - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

Calgary, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

Auburn, Maine, 🇺🇸 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Guido Basso - Christmas Today

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Lucio Agostini - Once Upon a Hundred Years

Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

Sealy, Joe, Don Palmer, Tom Cohoon & Skip Beckwith - Sailin' Home

Per-cus-sive Jazz

With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra

45-Teddy Roderman - Stay Awhile VINYL 02

CBC Comp 409

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Doug Randle-Songs For the Industrial State LABEL 02

Doug Randle-Songs For the Industrial State INSERT SIDE 01

Collier, Ron Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Collier, Ron Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Toronto What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge LABEL 02

45-Guido Basso - Put Your Hand In The Hand SIDE 02

Put Your Hand in the Hand

Amadio, Norman Trio / ST

Laurie Bower

The Twelve Sides Of

Arpin, John / Arpin Plays Lightfoot

McPeek, Ben / Peace Train

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Schofield, Pete & the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

Namaro, Jimmy (Jimmy Johnson Namaro) - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Schofield, Pete & the Canadians - The Now Sound

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Morning Has Broken

Laurie Bower Singers / Take Me Home Country Roads

From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Roderman, Teddy A Gliss to Build a Gleam On Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Hardy, Hagood Feliz Navidad The Christmas Album
Moses, Kathryn Oleo ST
Browne, Brian Trio Georgia on My Mind The Toronto Scene
Wilkins, Rick Somewhere Along the Way My Heart Belongs to Me
Toth, Jerry The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Butler, Bill Chopin Nocturne In E Flat Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Graf, Eddie & His Orchestra I Love You And I Love Her
Collier, Ron Tentet Fair Wind ST
Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
Agostini, Lucio Leah's Latin Lover (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Basso, Guido 'Round Midnight Overture (Phil Dwyer) Lost in the Stars
Bickert, Ed Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye Baby
Schofield, Pete & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Hardy, Hagood Silent Sky Tell Me My Name
Tennison, Robert Troupe Cause You Are Here Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here
Laurie Bower Singers Put Your Hand In The Hand Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Basso, Guido Suite P.E.I. Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Yorkville Avenue Band Takin' Me Through the Night "Moving Day"
Basso, Guido Tequila It's Happening (re-issue)
Breau, Lenny King of the Road Guitar Sounds From
Agostini, Lucio Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Namaro, Jimmy Too Marvellous For Words At the Westbury
Laurie Bower Singers You Never Done It Like That You
Roderman, Teddy Up-Up and Away Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Appleyard, Peter The Man That Got Away Per-cus-sive Jazz
Crosley, Doug (theme from) Love Story With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Namaro, Jimmy African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Breau, Lenny Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Toth, Jerry Little Boy Blue The Twelve Sides Of
Appleyard, Peter Wave The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Breau, Lenny Freight Train Guitar Sounds From
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage You're Here Montage
Bickert, Ed I Like To Recognize the Tune I Like To Recognize the Tune
McPeek, Ben Maxwell's Silver Hammer Thinking of You
Koster, Wally Lost in the Stars The Songs of Wally Koster
Nimmons, Phil Group Step in Time Mary Popppins Swings
Namaro, Jimmy With Mallets Towards Some With Mallets A 4 Thought
Hardy, Hagood After You've Gone Stop 33 Sutton Place
Basso, Guido Portrait of Guido (Phil Dwyer) Lost in the Stars
Laurie Bower Singers Silver Bird Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Koffman, Moe Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Collier, Ron Tentet Walking Out ST
Namaro, Jimmy Anna Maria Waltz featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Cowell, Johnny Je reviens (I'm Coming Back) Hot Brass
Cowell, Johnny Darling Mama His Girl
Dale, Jimmy Stranger in Paradise Profiles
Namaro, Jimmy Laura With Mallets A 4 Thought
Appleyard, Peter Peter Gunn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Roderman, Teddy Autumn Concerto Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Appleyard, Peter Harlem Nocturne Per-cus-sive Jazz
Laurie Bower Singers Cotton Jenny Morning Has Broken
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard) It's Impossible
Moses, Kathryn I Met a Special Man ST
Amaro, Eugene Afterglow Warm
Laurie Bower Singers Thorn In My Shoe Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Hardy, Hagood Just the Way You Are Reflections
Hardy, Hagood I'll Take Love Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Compilation Season of the Yonge Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians The Pink Panther The Old Meets the New
Laurie Bower Singers Love to the People Looks Like We Made It
Randle, Doug Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Cowell, Johnny Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Agostini, Lucio Carey (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians Canadiana 67 It’s a Sign of the Times
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians Introducin' My Man It’s a Sign of the Times
Compilation Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas Motorcars In Concert 1970
McPeek, Ben Who Can I Turn to His Voices and His Orchestra
Cowell, Johnny Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Amaro, Eugene Something About You Twilight Time
Hoffert, Paul The Song is You The Jazz Roots of
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra Vinaroz Halifax Instrumental
Cowell, Johnny Road of Love Our Winter Love
Basso, Guido What a Friend It's Happening (re-issue)
Hardy, Hagood Rain, Rain Stop 33 Sutton Place
Compilation Catherine Mckinnon - Nova Scotia Farewell CBC Comp 409
Toth, Jerry Theme From "Search" The Twelve Sides Of
Laurie Bower Singers Guitar Man Wish I Was A Plane
Namaro, Jimmy Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Agostini, Lucio Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Laurie Bower Singers Country Comfort Take Me Home Country Roads
Namaro, Jimmy We Three featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Namaro, Jimmy He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening) Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra I Lived in a Dream Halifax Instrumental
Laurie Bower Singers Fool That I Am It Goes Like It Goes
Agostini, Lucio Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Namaro, Jimmy East of the Sun Driftwood
Zaza, Paul Summer Evening Images
Nimmons, Phil Group Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - The Thirsty Blues Strictly Nimmons
Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
Koffman, Moe Walk Away Renee Turned on
Compilation Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Compilation Brian Hughes - The Bridge Jazz Toronto
Zaza, Paul Guitarra Rhumba Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Laurie Bower Singers Bye Bye Love Laurie Bower
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra Champagne and Quail Halifax Instrumental
Crosley, Doug Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Basso, Guido Yesterday When I Was Young (live) (Charles Aznavour) Lost in the Stars
Ambrose, Tommy While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Hardy, Hagood It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name

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