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
Knights of the Round Flugel	Bye Bye Love (B. Bryant)	Bye Bye Love	02:13
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summertime	The Old Meets the New	03:21
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Tony Quarrington	You Stepped Out of a Drink	One Bright Morning	07:49
Swing Sisters	I Believe In Miracles	Davenport Blues	02:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	+ Horn = Dixie	04:40
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Go To Rio	It Goes Like It Goes	03:24
Ivy Steel	God Bless the Child	Reincarnation	04:58
Ed Bickert	It’s Time	Bye Bye Baby	04:03
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Hagood Hardy	It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else	Tell Me My Name	03:10
Peter Appleyard	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Rick Wilkins	Why Think About Tomorrow	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:43
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Hagood Hardy	You Needed Me	Reflections	04:00
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Russ Little	Exactly Like You	Snapshot	05:09
Swing Sisters	Girl Talk	Davenport Blues	03:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Come To Mother	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:15
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Harlem Nocturne	The Old Meets the New	03:34
Guido Basso	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
Joyce Sullivan	Friendly Star	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:50
Moe Koffman	Mrs. Robinson	Turned on	02:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Up On Cripple Creek	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:14
Moe Koffman	You Are My Sunshine	Moe's Curried Soul	03:16
John Arpin	Cannonball Blues	Concert In Ragtime	02:16
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
Paul Zaza	Welcome Home	Faces and Places	02:22
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Kiss Waltz	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:20
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:24
Compilation	Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass - Don't Give Up	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Johnny Burt Society	Something Big	….Come Summer	02:03
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
The Laurie Bower Singers	Morning Has Broken	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sweet Leilani	ST	02:39
Moe Koffman	Soul Finger	Turned on	02:20
John Arpin	At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me	Direct to Disc	03:05
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mike Fright	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:01
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
Paul Hoffert	The Song is You	The Jazz Roots of	06:40
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Song And Dance	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:28
Moe Koffman	Comin' Home Baby	Goes Electric	02:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Jimmy Namaro	Cool Fool	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:40
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
Hagood Hardy	Reunion (Theme from Rituals)	Tell Me My Name	03:18
Terry Watada	On the Edge (Part II)	Night's Disgrace	01:10
Bill Badgley	In the Arms of Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:34
The Brian Browne Trio	Home Again	The Toronto Scene	02:54
Terry Watada	Crying the Blues Away	Yellow Fever	04:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Medley: String of Pearls - Little Brown Jug - Chatanooga Choo Choo	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:06
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning	Montage	02:57
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Paul Zaza	Beautiful People	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Ben McPeek	Concerto for Toy Piano	Thinking of You	02:32
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Jimmy Dale	Where Is the Love?	Toronto Instrumental	02:49
John Arpin	The Chevy Chase (1914)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:10
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Guido Basso	Suite P.E.I.	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	17:40
Kathryn Moses	I Met a Special Man	ST	02:06
Eugene Amaro	More Than You Know	Twilight Time	02:02
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
Moe Koffman	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Oh My Lady	Wish I Was A Plane	03:15
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
John Arpin	Centennial Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
Guido Basso	Embraceable You	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:13
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51

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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