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
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Georgia Camp Meeting	+ Horn = Dixie	03:03
Johnny Cowell	Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3 (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:42
Peter Appleyard	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
Jimmy Dale	Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Profiles	03:15
2B3	Bill Payne, Michael Fonfara - High Heel Feat	The Toronto Sessions	06:39
Denny Vaughan	Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:55
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sneaky	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	10:54
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Jimmy Namaro	Venezuela	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:04
Jerry Toth	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	At the Ports of Call	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Presto From Vivaldi's Concerto In A Major (Maurice Andre)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:30
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Sku-Ba-Doo	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:19
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Teddy Roderman	What's Doin' (Phil Nimmons)	Stay Awhile	02:49
Ben McPeek	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Teddy Roderman	Yellow Days	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:46
Ben McPeek	Who Can I Turn to	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:12
Bill Badgley	Amanda	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:05
Ben McPeek	A Taste of Honey	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:42
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
John Arpin	Love and Maple Syrup	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:37
Terry Watada	Cheyenne and the Weasel	Night's Disgrace	03:16
Doug Randle	London by Night (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:34
Peter Appleyard	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
Pat Riccio	Stranger on the Shore (Bilk-Mellin)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:23
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sunny	The Now Sound	02:08
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Elephant Walk	The Old Meets the New	04:32
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Got A Feelin'	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:32
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Old Fashioned Way	Toronto Instrumental	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Christmas is for Children	Christmas is for Children b/w What is Christmas (Pop Style)	01:59
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Eugene Amaro	Last Time I Felt Like This	Warm	03:19
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 5th movement	Transformations - Invocations	13:41
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
The Mutual Understanding	Everybody Loves My Baby	In Wonderland	01:55
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sunshine On My Shoulders	Back Home Again	02:58
John Arpin	Go My Way	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	01:49
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #2: My Honey's Lovin' Arms - Five Foot Two - Runnin' Wild (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Jimmy Namaro	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Terry Watada	Maverick Chinaman	Night's Disgrace	10:36
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One for Mr. 'B'	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:43
Wally Koster	L-O-V-E	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:37
Hagood Hardy	(Love theme from) Missouri breaks	Maybe Tomorrow	02:51
Lenny Breau	Indian Reflections For Ravi	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	03:16
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:02
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Jackie Richardson	Me?	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:25
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Johnny Cowell	Herman Bellstedt - Napoli (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:48
Ben McPeek	Blue Cha Cha	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:06
Henry Cuesta	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When Ragtime Alex Plays the Humoresque (vocal by Trump Davidson) (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:24
Jerry Toth	A Rock Madrigal For Mehitabel	The Twelve Sides Of	02:46
Compilation	On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:19
Rick Wilkins	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Eugene Amaro	I'll Follow The Sun	Warm	02:44
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	Similau	With Mallets A 4 Thought	04:20
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Rick Wilkins	Tetra Tetra	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	06:00
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
Hagood Hardy	Workin' In L.A.	As Time Goes By	04:00
Terry Watada	Little Geisha	Night's Disgrace	03:08
Paul Zaza	Song of the Stars	Images	02:47
Kathryn Moses	Midmorning	ST	04:12
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
The Laurie Bower Singers	Woman	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:20
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Teddy Roderman	Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias)	Stay Awhile	02:58
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Doug Randle	Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:20
Johnny Cowell	Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:36
Ed Bickert	It Might As Well Be Spring	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:30
Doug Riley	Child Eyes	Freedom	05:21
Peter Appleyard	Puff the Magic Dragon	The Vibraphone Of	02:08

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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