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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Namaro, Jimmy	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
McPeek, Ben	Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:17
Marshall, Herb	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Agostini, Lucio	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Namaro, Jimmy	Dansero	At the Westbury	02:48
Basso, Guido	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Arpin, John	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Agostini, Lucio	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Swing Sisters	Royal Garden Blues	Davenport Blues	02:52
Appleyard, Peter	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Zaza, Paul	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Steel, Ivy	Robbin’s Nest	Reincarnation	03:27
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Cowell, Johnny	Angel of the Morning	The Tender Loving Care	02:55
Hoffert, Paul	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Badgley, Bill	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Agostini, Lucio	Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	03:03
Agostini, Lucio	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Koffman, Moe	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Basso, Guido	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Namaro, Jimmy	Over the Rainbow	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:28
Toth, Jerry	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
Roderman, Teddy	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Wilkins, Rick	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Cuesta, Henry	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
Randle, Doug	A Sleepin' Bee (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Sundown	Back Home Again	03:13
Hardy, Hagood	My Elusive Dreams	The Homecoming	02:45
Appleyard, Peter	The Last Blues Song	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:40
Compilation	One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:17
Browne, Brian Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
Richardson, Jackie	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Appleyard, Peter	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 3rd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:05
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Ambrose, Tommy	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Cuesta, Henry	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Basso, Guido	Estate	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:33
Appleyard, Peter	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Richardson, Jackie	Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	06:30
Basso, Guido	Ill Wind	One More for the Road	05:15
Hardy, Hagood	Gary - A Remembrance	As Time Goes By	02:52
Riccio, Pat	In To Miami (Barry)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:15
McPeek, Ben	American Woman	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:37
Hardy, Hagood	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
Namaro, Jimmy	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Tennison, Robert Troupe	Just Like a Fool	Just Like a Fool b/w Cause You Are Here	02:39
Randle, Doug	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Boogus	Cow Cow Boogie	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:24
Appleyard, Peter	Yesterday & Tomorrow	Toronto Instrumental	02:32
Hogtown Trumpets	Bustling	CBC Comp 434 comp	02:40
Basso, Guido	Ramblin	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Koster, Wally	Home in Canada (Pat Riccio)	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:28
Appleyard, Peter	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
McPeek, Ben	Thinking of You	Thinking of You	02:15
Zaza, Paul	Swallow Flight	Images	03:45
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Moonlight Serenade	It’s a Sign of the Times	03:13
Zaza, Paul	Blue Shadows	Coasting (with Isaacs)	03:12
Basso, Guido	Two Bourees	Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert	06:07
Agostini, Lucio	Prairie Boy	Action With Agostini	03:29
Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Koffman, Moe	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Cuesta, Henry	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Arpin, John	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
McPeek, Ben	Something Better to Do	Thinking of You	03:18
Riccio, Pat	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Namaro, Jimmy	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Cuesta, Henry	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Breau, Lenny	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Toth, Jerry	Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:19
Appleyard, Peter	There Will Never Be Another You	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:46
Browne, Brian Trio	Georgia on My Mind	The Toronto Scene	05:38
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)	ST	03:03
Cowell, Johnny	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Basso, Guido	A Lazy Afternoon (alternate version)	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	03:46
Breau, Lenny	Neptune	ST	07:37
Stone, Fred	Tamara	The Music of Fred Stone	05:31
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	It Might As Well Be Spring	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:15
Cuesta, Henry	Lonely Girl	Clarinet With Strings	02:29
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	12th Street Rag (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Namaro, Jimmy	This is My Song	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:05
Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
Arpin, John	Augustan Club Waltzes (1901)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:45
Zaza, Paul	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Cowell, Johnny	Roller Coaster	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:13
Laurie Bower Singers	How The Singers Sing	Morning Has Broken	03:06
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Simon/Garfunkel)	ST	04:02
Roderman, Teddy	Sunny	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:11
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Invocation: Gold (The Challenge)	Transformations - Invocations	10:24
Dale, Jimmy	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Namaro, Jimmy	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Butler, Bill	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	02:38
Marshall, Herb	Get Out of My Life Woman (Allen Toussaint)	Toronto Vocalist	03:00
Basso, Guido	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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Mutual Understanding - Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye

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