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
Ivy Steel	Easy Living	Reincarnation	05:03
Lenny Breau	Bluesette	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:46
Jimmy Namaro	Driftwood	Driftwood	02:12
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Leave Them Alone (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:20
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Peter Appleyard	Mambo #V	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Evergreen	Looks Like We Made It	03:27
Johnny Cowell	Quiet Girl	The Tender Loving Care	02:19
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Look What They've Done to My Song	It's Impossible	02:34
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Bossa Noto	Bluesprint	06:06
Denny Vaughan	(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:03
Rick Wilkins	The Very Thought of You	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:35
The Laurie Bower Singers	Back Home Again	Back Home Again	03:29
Joyce Sullivan	Love (Can Be a Moment's Sadness)	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	01:28
Lenny Breau	Monday, Monday	Guitar Sounds From	02:30
Rick Wilkins	Weekend in New England	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:38
Doug Randle	Isn't it a Pity	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:18
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
Jimmy Dale	Beautiful	Toronto Instrumental	02:29
Peter Appleyard	Sleep	The Vibraphone Of	01:56
Lucio Agostini	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
John Arpin	Daniel	Direct to Disc	03:42
Norman Amadio Trio	Mein Shtetele Belz	ST	02:13
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How I Think of You	Montage	02:47
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening	01:54
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadiana 67	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:04
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Denny Vaughan	Let a Smile be Your Umbrella	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:51
Tommy Ambrose	Let Loose	Young Tommy Ambrose	01:56
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	We Gotta Get it All Together	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:50
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Bill Butler	Violets for Your Furs	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:55
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
Guido Basso	'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)	Lost in the Stars	03:45
Teddy Roderman	The Green Grass Starts To Grow	Makin' It With You	02:14
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Phil Nimmons Group	Last Night When We Were Young	Take 10	04:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Country Fair	Looks Like We Made It	03:54
Bill Butler	Spring Will be a Little Late This Year	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Guido Basso	Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill)	Lost in the Stars	06:08
Doug Randle	Maybe Life Will be Worth Living After All	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:10
Rick Wilkins	Déjà vu	Discovery	03:55
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Sleepy Lagoon	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:58
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
John Arpin	Excelsior Rag (1909)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:06
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:04
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Compilation	Lorne Lofsky - T.T.T.	Jazz Toronto	04:56
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Guido Basso	All the Sad Young Men	One More for the Road	04:36
Johnny Cowell	Close to You	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
Doug Crosley	Why Does He Stay in My Mind (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:47
Doug Randle	Cote d´Azur	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:33
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Moe Koffman	Paniano	Goes Electric	02:50
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Ed Bickert	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Out of the Past	05:28
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Jerry Toth	Guitar Concerto: Adagio	The Music Of	04:07
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
Jimmy Dale	Here, There, And Everywhere	Soft and Groovy	02:49
Guido Basso	Let It Snow	Christmas Today	02:47
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Bluesette	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:30
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Look Of Love	The Now Sound	02:45
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Paul Zaza	Blue Shadow	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:12
Joyce Sullivan	Bill	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:16
Moe Koffman	Mein Shtetel Belz	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Lucio Agostini	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Guido Basso	Tara's Theme	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:21
Jackie Richardson	A Single Woman	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:08
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	Lazy Afternoon	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:28
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Jerry Toth	I Am In Love	The Twelve Sides Of	03:24
The Laurie Bower Singers	Lotta Love	When You Say Goodbye	03:05
Peter Appleyard	Pavanne pour une infante défunte	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:29

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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