The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Johnny Cowell Darling Mama His Girl
Johnny Cowell Rejoice The Virtuoso Trumpet
The Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Hagood Hardy I'll Take Love Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love
Lenny Breau Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Guitar Sounds From
The Laurie Bower Singers Everything Old is New Again Looks Like We Made It
Hagood Hardy It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else Tell Me My Name
Boogus Roller Queen CBC Comp 403 comp
Guido Basso You Are My Sunshine It's Happening
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Jennine Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Johnny Cowell W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Compilation Peter Appleyard - Soulful Strut Motorcars In Concert 1970
Hagood Hardy Nightwalker Tell Me My Name
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Jimmy Namaro This Could be the Start of Something Big Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Guido Basso Nightcap It's Happening (re-issue)
Jerry Toth But For Love The Music Of
Hagood Hardy Don't Give up on Us Tell Me My Name
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Denny Vaughan Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out + Horn = Dixie
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Jimmy Namaro Stranger in Paradise Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Hoedown Action With Agostini
Jimmy Namaro Dansero At the Westbury
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Cry Out Loud It Goes Like It Goes
Guido Basso Embraceable You A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
Doug Crosley When I Met You (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Theme for Susan Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Doug Crosley Frances (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
The Laurie Bower Singers When I Need You Looks Like We Made It
Paul Zaza Mimosa Coasting (with Isaacs)
The Mutual Understanding I'm Old Fashioned In Wonderland
Tommy Ambrose Let Loose Young Tommy Ambrose
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Lenny Breau Blues Theme #2 The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Guido Basso Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Christmas Today
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Vinaroz Halifax Instrumental
The Laurie Bower Singers Take The Long Way Home When You Say Goodbye
The Laurie Bower Singers Hold On to a Little Bit of Love Morning Has Broken
Rick Wilkins Somewhere Along the Way My Heart Belongs to Me
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Aquarius (Galt McDermot/Ragni/Rado) ST
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Bill Badgley Lady Blue-Ribbon Badgley
John Arpin Softly Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Johnny Cowell Playful Trumpets His Girl
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Oh Didn't He Ramble Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Hagood Hardy Love Song Reflections
Guido Basso You are My Sunshine It's Happening (re-issue)
Compilation Autumn Leaves (arranged by Orville Hoover) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Kathryn Moses Prince Charming's Brother ST
Ron Collier Tentet The Thrill is Gone ST
Phil Nimmons Group On the Autobahn Take 10
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Bill Butler 18th Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini (Theme from "A Story of Three Loves") Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Peter Appleyard Satin Doll The Vibe Sound Of
Jackie Richardson Please Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes) ST
Jimmy Namaro Man of La Mancha Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Is Someone Listening? Morning Has Broken
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Ben McPeek Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady Thinking of You
Jerry Toth The Importance of the Rose The Music Of
Ed Bickert It Might As Well Be Spring I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Guido Basso Blue Monk One More for the Road
Bill Butler I'll Remember April The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Guido Basso Take the 'A' Train And All That Latin Jazz!
Peter Appleyard Mambo Inn Per-cus-sive Jazz
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Swing Sisters Davenport Blues Davenport Blues
Paul Hoffert 6 Bar Theme The Jazz Roots of
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Harlem Nocturne The Old Meets the New
Doug Crosley You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Jerry Toth Little Boy Blue The Twelve Sides Of
Rick Wilkins My Heart Belongs to Me My Heart Belongs to Me
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Hagood Hardy Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme) Tell Me My Name
The Brian Browne Trio Home Again The Toronto Scene
Johnny Cowell Pickin' Plums Hot Brass
The Mutual Understanding Out of This World In Wonderland
The Laurie Bower Singers She's Always A Woman You
Henry Cuesta Me And You And A Dog Named Boo Plays Favourites
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Winchester Cathedral It’s a Sign of the Times
Ron Collier Tentet Walking Out ST
Peter Appleyard Mambo #V Peter Appleyard Presents
Pete Schofield and the Canadians What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life? Do Something Nice Today!
Paul Zaza Canon in D Images
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Struttin' Your Stuff Sailin' Home
Hagood Hardy Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers) Tell Me My Name
Bill Badgley Sam Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
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)

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

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