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
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	His Girl	02:22
Ben McPeek	Yorkville Yak	The Original Sounds of	01:47
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Lenny Breau	Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad	Mo' Breau	07:30
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Squits	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	04:24
Norman Amadio Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Johnny Cowell	Rejoice	The Virtuoso Trumpet	04:05
Jimmy Dale	Baby I'm A-Want You	Toronto Instrumental	02:33
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	(Do You Know The Way To) San Jose	The Now Sound	03:05
Moe Koffman	General Delivery	Cool and Hot Sax	03:20
Moe Koffman	Forest Flower	Goes Electric	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:23
Eugene Amaro	Didn’t We	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:54
Russ Little	She	Footwork	02:50
Jimmy Namaro	We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music	02:55
Teddy Roderman	Sunshine, Lollipops and Roses	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:31
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Simple Song	Back Home Again	02:20
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Guido Basso	For Awhile	Love Talk	03:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Daniel	Wish I Was A Plane	03:17
Lucio Agostini	Jesusita en Chihuahua (Cactus Polka)	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:20
Robert Tennison Troupe	Cause You Are Here	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:38
Jim O'Driscoll	I Don't Know How to Love Him	I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	02:44
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Guido Basso	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love Will Turn You Around	Laurie Bower	03:48
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Russ Little	Along Came Betty	On the Shoulders of Giants	05:25
Jimmy Dale	Alone Again, Naturally	Toronto Instrumental	02:55
Ben McPeek	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Guido Basso	I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh)	Lost in the Stars	05:11
Russ Little	Exactly Like You	Snapshot	05:09
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Rick Wilkins	Let Me be the One	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:31
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!)	Now!	04:46
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Johnny Cowell	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Ed Bickert	Skylark	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:49
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
Peter Appleyard	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil)	Now!	05:38
Lenny Breau	Compared To What	Minor's Aloud	04:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
Jerry Toth	Here's That Rainy Day	The Music Of	02:30
Lucio Agostini	Taxi	Action With Agostini	02:12
Johnny Cowell	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We?	Feelin'	01:59
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Is Someone Listening?	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	If	Montage	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
Guido Basso	Cuminha Cruzado	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Feelin'	Feelin'	02:33
Ben McPeek	Imagine	Peace Train	02:59
Ben McPeek	Peace Train	Peace Train	03:49
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Hagood Hardy	A Time for Us	As Time Goes By	03:44
Lucio Agostini	March Wind	Action With Agostini	03:19
Ed Bickert	Nica's Dream	Out of the Past	09:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Harlem Nocturne	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:31
Hagood Hardy	Watching Through the Night	Maybe Tomorrow	03:40
Jimmy Namaro	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Peter Appleyard	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Joyce Sullivan	As Long as He Needs Me	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight Overture (Phil Dwyer)	Lost in the Stars	02:41
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Russ Little	One Note Samba	Snapshot	05:48
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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