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
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
Colina Phillips	Universal Prisoner	Toronto Vocalist	02:33
Hagood Hardy	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen	The Christmas Album	01:43
2B3	Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin'	The Toronto Sessions	05:29
Hagood Hardy	Samba de Orfeu	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:19
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Doug Randle	Put On Your Sunday Clothes	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
John Arpin	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
John Arpin	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Herb Marshall	Love Music (Sergio Mendez)	Toronto Vocalist	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Do You Think I'd Call It Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:00
Guido Basso	Christmas Waltz	Christmas Today	02:10
Compilation	Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill	Motorcars In Concert 1970	01:41
Denny Vaughan	An Affair to Remember	Girls I Knew	02:49
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Jimmy Dale	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Now My Love	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:38
Jimmy Dale	Touch Her Soft Lips	Profiles	02:48
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Guido Basso	Christina	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:44
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25
Terry Watada	The 505	Night's Disgrace	04:17
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Wally Koster	Nice Work if You Can Get It	The Songs of Wally Koster	01:52
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Guido Basso	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Rick Wilkins	If You Remember Me	Discovery	02:48
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Ed Bickert	Skylark	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:49
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where or When	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:32
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	01:33
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Paul Zaza	Portrait of a Rose	Faces and Places	02:47
Paul Zaza	Canadian Express	Faces and Places	02:08
Lenny Breau	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Killing Me Softly (With This Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Compilation	Vanda King - Once & For A Lifetime	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:12
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Bill Butler	Manhattan Serenade	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:20
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Shadow Of Your Smile	The Now Sound	02:51
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Carol McCartney	You Don't Know What Love Is	A Night in Tunisia	06:31
Tommy Ambrose	You're Driving Me Crazy	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Put Your Hand In The Hand	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:41
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
Johnny Cowell	Shag	Our Winter Love	01:57
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Bill Butler	Theme from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:22
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Terry Watada	Closing Time	Night's Disgrace	06:14
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	You (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Lenny Breau	You Needed Me	ST	04:33
Lucio Agostini	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
Paul Zaza	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Johnny Cowell	Pretty Girl	Our Winter Love	02:09
The Brian Browne Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Lip Flap (For Fred)	Now!	03:48
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sweet Ginger Bread Man	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:52
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	Toronto Instrumental	02:39
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
John Arpin	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Denny Vaughan	Dolores	Girls I Knew	02:44
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People	Strictly Nimmons	04:25
Johnny Cowell	Road of Love	Our Winter Love	02:22
Phil Nimmons Group	Step in Time	Mary Popppins Swings	03:50
Teddy Roderman	Watching Scotty Grow	Makin' It With You	02:21
Hagood Hardy	Workin' In L.A.	As Time Goes By	04:00
Compilation	Jimmy Namaro - Man of La Mancha	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Hagood Hardy	Don't You Think it's Time to Come Back Home	Tell Me My Name	03:49
Peter Appleyard	Lazy Silhouettes	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:54
Lucio Agostini	Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme)	Once Upon a Hundred Years	07:24
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:18
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys	CBC Comp 409	03:05
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Teddy Roderman	Measure The Valleys	Makin' It With You	02:41

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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