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
Compilation Eve Smith - I Care 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Moe Koffman L'il Bitty Pretty One Moe's Curried Soul
Rick Wilkins Summer Song For the Sake of Music
Terry Watada Weekend Night's Disgrace
The Laurie Bower Singers Shadow Song Wish I Was A Plane
Peter Appleyard You've Got Your Troubles The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Peter Appleyard Spanish Pearls The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
The Laurie Bower Singers Just a Little Song Back Home Again
Jerry Toth If We Try The Twelve Sides Of
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Doug Crosley In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Robert Tennison Troupe I Can See (Instrumental) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Guido Basso East of the Sun One More for the Road
Jimmy Dale My Reverie Profiles
Doug Crosley For All We Know With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Dr. Music Pastorale Doug Riley Transcription
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Lenny Breau Georgia on My Mind Guitar Sounds From
Peter Appleyard Tell Me A Story ST
Henry Cuesta The Promised Land Plays Favourites
Jerry Toth The Singer The Twelve Sides Of
Ben McPeek Baked Apple Rag Thinking of You
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mike Fright Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Paul Zaza Sun Ranch Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Moe Koffman The Swingin' Shepherd Blues Cool and Hot Sax
Hagood Hardy Wintertime The Homecoming
Guido Basso Second Chance One More for the Road
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Say A Little Prayer For You The Now Sound
2B3 Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her The Toronto Sessions
Rick Wilkins Discovery Discovery
The Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Blues Before Bedtime The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Terry Watada The 505 Night's Disgrace
Denny Vaughan Cheerful Little Earful Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Lenny Breau Marlborough Street Mo' Breau
Moe Koffman Le Reveil (Largo) The Four Seasons
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Mirage ST
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Yorkville Avenue Band Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round "Moving Day"
Pat Riccio Michelle (Lennon-McCartney) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Pat Riccio Watermelon Man (Hancock) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Peter Appleyard Night Journey Peter Appleyard Presents
Guido Basso Windmills of Your Mind And All That Latin Jazz!
Carol McCartney Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye A Night in Tunisia
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Johnny Cowell Blood of the Brave Bull The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
The Laurie Bower Singers Just To Be Alone With You You
John Arpin Love and Maple Syrup Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Phil Nimmons Group Swing Softly Nimmons 'N' Nine
Tommy Ambrose While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Compilation Manteca - Salsa Nova Jazz Toronto
Ben McPeek Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! His Voices and His Orchestra
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Pat Riccio Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Hagood Hardy My Elusive Dreams The Homecoming
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Paul Hoffert Grotto Walk The Jazz Roots of
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Lucio Agostini March Wind Action With Agostini
Moe Koffman House of Green Lights Tales of Koffman
Johnny Cowell Stardust The Virtuoso Trumpet
Moe Koffman Forest Flower Goes Electric
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Collage #3 Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Peter Appleyard Sleep The Vibraphone Of
Norman Amadio Trio Alleluia D.T.'s. ST
Paul Zaza Beautiful People Coasting (with Isaacs)
Jimmy Namaro September Song Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury
Guido Basso Two Bass Hit Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert
Ed Bickert They All Laughed I Like To Recognize the Tune
The Laurie Bower Singers Early Morning Rain Feelin'
Peter Appleyard If ST
Jimmy Namaro African Echoes We Gotta Get It All Together
Johnny Cowell Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Ben McPeek Silent Cinema Thinking of You
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
Bill Butler June in January The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Jimmy Namaro Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha Driftwood
Paul Zaza Spring Song Faces and Places
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Maple Leaf Rag + Horn = Dixie
Eugene Amaro Didn’t We The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Eugene Amaro Send In The Clowns Warm
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Guido Basso Martelli And All That Latin Jazz!
Terry Watada City of Lights Night's Disgrace
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Moe Koffman Harvest Festival (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Laurie Bower Singers You Are What I Am Wish I Was A Plane
Guido Basso Put Your Hand in the Hand Love Talk
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
2B3 Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest The Toronto Sessions
Jimmy Namaro Cool Fool With Mallets A 4 Thought
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Leave Me Alone Ruby Red Dress Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Eugene Amaro Am I Blue Twilight Time
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
The Laurie Bower Singers Key Largo Laurie Bower
Johnny Cowell El Condor Pasa The Tender Loving Care

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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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - ST

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Cleethorpes, England, UK → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Doug Riley - Freedom

Toronto, Ontario → Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦

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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

It's Gotta Be Love

Johnny Cowell / It's Gotta Be Love LABELS

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love MINT BACK

Night's Disgrace

Yellow Fever

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 02

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace LABELS 01

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace INLAY

Terry Watada / Night's Disgrace BACK

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever LABELS

Terry Watada / Yellow Fever BACK

The Vibraphone Of

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of LABELS

Peter Appleyard / The Vibraphone Of BACK

Peter Appleyard Presents

Toronto Instrumental

The Lincolnshire Poacher

The Vibe Sound Of

Per-cus-sive Jazz

ST

The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

Doug Riley Transcription

Doug Riley

Freedom

Doug Riley Transcription BACK

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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