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
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Lucio Agostini	Tico-Tico	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:35
Johnny Burt Society	Come Summer	….Come Summer	02:17
Paul Zaza	Flutey Fuge	Faces and Places	02:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Rick Wilkins	Don't Ask Me Why	Discovery	03:04
Compilation	Laurie Bower Singers - Sometime Girl	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:00
Guido Basso	Goofus	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:32
Carol McCartney	Dat Dere	A Night in Tunisia	03:39
Russ Little	Lucretia Macevil (David Clayton-Thomas)	Deeper and Deeper	03:03
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:47
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're The One That I Want	You	02:44
Robert Tennison Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Denny Vaughan	Stranger on the Shore	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Never Done It Like That	You	03:09
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Russ Little	Undecided	Snapshot	06:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Norman Amadio Trio	Nica's Dream	ST	02:13
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Peter & The Wolf	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:43
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel The Way I Do	The Rose And The Rain	02:40
Johnny Cowell	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Paul Zaza	Follow the Sun	Faces and Places	02:18
Wally Koster	The More I See You	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:20
Jerry Toth	The Worst That Could Happen	The Music Of	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Johnny Cowell	Silver Thread & Golden Needles	The Tender Loving Care	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Didn't We	The Rose And The Rain	03:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Doug Randle	Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:11
Wally Koster	Time Was	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:19
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	The Garden Path	The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life	03:19
Ron Collier Tentet	Relaxin'	ST	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Lucio Agostini	Mulberry Bush	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:46
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Russ Little	My Mama Told Me So	Slow Burn	06:04
Johnny Cowell	Caesar's Palace	Hot Brass	03:22
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Is Someone Listening?	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Phil Nimmons Group	The Life I Lead	Mary Popppins Swings	07:00
Pat Riccio	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
Phil Nimmons Group	In a Mellotone	Take 10	06:49
John Arpin	The Chevy Chase (1914)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:10
Rick Wilkins	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
Bill Badgley	Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:27
Doug Randle	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Jimmy Namaro	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Denny Vaughan	Can't Help Falling in Love With You	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:38
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Eugene Amaro	Love Theme (Gone With The Wind)	Warm	03:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Doug Riley	Theme for Adele	Freedom	07:05
Russ Little	Cold Duck Time	Snapshot	05:15
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Way You Look Tonight	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:23
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek)	Monkey Music	Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music	02:24
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
John Arpin	Your Love's Return	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening	02:25
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
The Laurie Bower Singers	Song Sung Blue	Morning Has Broken	03:11
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 4th movement	Transformations - Invocations	04:55
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Nameless Hour	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:21
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Sanderlings	Roller Coaster Ride (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	02:32
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Eugene Amaro	I Just Fall In Love Again	Warm	03:38
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Fly Me to the Moon	And I Love Her	02:32
Jimmy Namaro	Balikpapan	Driftwood	03:02
Compilation	Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:16
Lenny Breau	Georgia on My Mind	Guitar Sounds From	05:21
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Blue Mantilla	ST	02:47
Doug Riley	Freedom	Freedom	04:34
Tommy Ambrose	Goodbye	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:27
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Pat Riccio	Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Johnny Burt Society	And You Were There	….Come Summer	02:47

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Ed Bickert - ST

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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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