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
Ben McPeek	Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves	Peace Train	02:47
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Peter Appleyard	The Blue Room	The Vibe Sound Of	02:35
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
Guido Basso	Two Bass Hit	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	08:02
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Hoghead Shout	+ Horn = Dixie	04:05
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Secret Love	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:19
Fred Stone	Theme from Lawrence of Arabia	The Music of Fred Stone	08:32
Jimmy Namaro	One of a Kind Mambo	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:29
Ben McPeek	Yorkville Yak	The Original Sounds of	01:47
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vinaroz	Halifax Instrumental	02:58
Peter Appleyard	You Put the Shine on Me	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:16
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Be With You in Appleblossom Time	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:11
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Jerry Toth	The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:45
Lucio Agostini	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Compilation	Ted Komar - Bela Bimba	CBC Comp 409	02:24
Guido Basso	What a Friend	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:31
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Auf Widersehn	The Old Meets the New	03:04
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
Doug Wilson Quartet	Canada	Canada b/w Canadian Theme	02:23
Denny Vaughan	Yesterday When I Was Young	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	And I Love Her	And I Love Her	02:38
Jimmy Dale	If	Toronto Instrumental	02:18
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Hagood Hardy	Don't Give up on Us	Tell Me My Name	02:52
Carol McCartney	East of the Sun	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Jimmy Dale	Strange Music	Profiles	03:29
Teddy Roderman	So Let Our Love Begin	Makin' It With You	03:10
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Bill Badgley	Theme from the Sand Pebbles	At the Ports of Call	02:18
The Mutual Understanding	Rain Rain Go Away	In Wonderland	02:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	The Moon is Low	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:14
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:08
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Bill Butler	I Love You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Epilogue	Morning Has Broken	00:37
Paul Hoffert	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
The Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Tommy Ambrose	Margie	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:04
Ed Bickert	Street of Dreams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:22
Moe Koffman	Pretzel Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	01:58
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Paul Zaza	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Lenny Breau	Please Release Me (Horton & Peck)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:30
Rick Wilkins	Savin' it Up	Discovery	03:46
Moe Koffman	Georgia on My Mind	Tales of Koffman	06:46
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out For Someone	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:38
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 2	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	02:46
Colina Phillips	Never Had it So Good	Toronto Vocalist	03:23
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Sailin' Home	Sailin' Home	04:15
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Una Paloma	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:23
Jimmy Namaro	We Three	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:00
John Arpin	Bill Bailey	Concert In Ragtime	03:21
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Guido Basso	Liberated Brother	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	09:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Pink Panther	The Old Meets the New	03:24
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Jimmy Namaro	Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Denny Vaughan	Hi Neighbor	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:46

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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