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 & the Montage	Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro)	ST	03:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
John Arpin	Sunburst Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:51
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Johnny Cowell	Je reviens (I'm Coming Back)	Hot Brass	02:32
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Compilation	Ted Komar - Bela Bimba	CBC Comp 409	02:24
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	Montage	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Southern Nights	Looks Like We Made It	02:57
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It Takes Time (Shirley Eikhard)	It's Impossible	02:22
Doug Crosley	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
2B3	Denis Keldie, Bill Payne - Life is a Carnival	The Toronto Sessions	05:31
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Colina Phillips	Trying Times	Toronto Vocalist	03:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yesterday	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:10
Johnny Cowell	Napoli	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:45
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Told You So	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:28
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Love for Sale	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:12
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Joyce Sullivan	The Anniversary Song	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:46
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:24
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Guido Basso	Put Your Hand in the Hand	Put Your Hand in the Hand	03:16
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Cotton Jenny	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Compilation	Carpet Man (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:30
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Jimmy Dale	The Look Of Love	Soft and Groovy	03:21
2B3	Lance Anderson, Denis Keldie - Big Chief	The Toronto Sessions	01:32
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Guido Basso	Mia Mia	It's Happening	02:48
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
John Arpin	Laughter in the Rain	Direct to Disc	02:50
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Robert Tennison Troupe	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Softly as in a Morning Sunrise	The Vibraphone Of	02:37
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Peter Appleyard	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Terry Watada	Only for You	Night's Disgrace	03:45
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:11
Paul Zaza	Lake Louise	Images	03:02
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People	Strictly Nimmons	04:25
Moe Koffman	The Mighty Quinn	Turned on	02:01
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:30
The Laurie Bower Singers	Just To Be Alone With You	You	02:39
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Lenny Breau	Minors Aloud	Minor's Aloud	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Too Marvellous For Words	At the Westbury	02:05
Lenny Breau	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
Doug Riley	Peace Dance	Freedom	06:24
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	007 Medley (Dr. No, Goldfinger)	The Old Meets the New	02:51
Terry Watada	The Hawk (Reprise)	Night's Disgrace	02:08
Jackie Richardson	Stay With Me	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:07
Norman Amadio Trio	Hallelujah	ST	02:03
Compilation	L'il Darlin' (arranged by Neil Hefti)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:17
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Oh Didn't He Ramble	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:36
Guido Basso	Love Talk	Love Talk	03:09
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Blue Mantilla	ST	02:47
Guido Basso	Polka Dots & Moonbeams	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	04:34
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rainy Day People	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:12
Eugene Amaro	In My Life (You Belong)	Twilight Time	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	It's Impossible	It's Impossible	03:16
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	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

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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