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
Ben McPeek	Share the Land	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:09
Teddy Roderman	Make It With You	Makin' It With You	02:25
Jerry Toth	The Importance of the Rose	The Music Of	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Early Morning Rain	Feelin'	02:53
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Compilation	Ted Komar - My Beloved	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Killing Me Softly (With His Song)	Do Something Nice Today!	03:10
Guido Basso	Sweet Georgia Fame	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	05:23
Hagood Hardy	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Henry Cuesta	We're at Home	Clarinet With Strings	02:10
Paul Zaza	Mellow Moments	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:11
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 3rd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:05
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Doug Randle	Warm in the Sunshine	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:48
Hagood Hardy	Cold on the Shoulder	The Homecoming	03:31
Ben McPeek	Who Can I Turn to	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:12
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Lenny Breau	Spanjazz	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:14
Bill Badgley	Music to Watch Girls By	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:29
Eugene Amaro	All In Love Is Fair	Twilight Time	03:26
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Peter Appleyard	Just In Time	The Vibe Sound Of	02:40
Rick Wilkins	Discovery	Discovery	03:39
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Jerry Toth	Piano Concerto #2 .. Rudy Toth piano solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:30
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	The Tender Loving Care	02:54
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Doug Randle	Love is Just Around the Corner (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	02:40
Johnny Cowell	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Tender Loving Care	02:12
Jackie Richardson	Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	06:30
Ben McPeek	Mynah Merengue	The Original Sounds of	02:30
Ron Collier Tentet	Hockey Theme	ST	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	Circle Round The Sky	Back Home Again	02:30
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Jimmy Namaro	Love	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:21
Moe Koffman	What Can You Do	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:54
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Eugene Amaro	Something About You	Twilight Time	03:18
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Denny Vaughan	Hayseedelic	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:12
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	+ Horn = Dixie	02:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Ask Me Why	It Goes Like It Goes	02:56
Rick Wilkins	Somewhere Along the Way	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:57
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
The Laurie Bower Singers	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Feelin'	02:27
Peter Appleyard	Old Dave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Apres Toi	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:58
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Moe Koffman	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Bill Butler	My Heart at thy Sweet Voice	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:46
Jimmy Dale	Triste	Soft and Groovy	03:05
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life?	Do Something Nice Today!	03:14
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Jackie Richardson	Child Eyes Part 1 - A Woman's View	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:26
Jimmy Namaro	St. Louis Blues Pachanga	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:30
Denny Vaughan	Traces	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:59
Henry Cuesta	Skyline Stomp	Plays Favourites	02:08
Guido Basso	Tequila	It's Happening	02:43
Paul Zaza	Mimosa	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:40
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Romantica	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	04:35
Ben McPeek	Undun	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:37
Moe Koffman	Francesca	Cool and Hot Sax	04:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	You're Driving Me Crazy	Feelin'	02:57
Lenny Breau	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Moe Koffman	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Ben McPeek	Suzanne	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:59
Hagood Hardy	Love Song	Reflections	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Boney Fingers	Back Home Again	02:26
John Arpin	Beautiful	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:16
Ben McPeek	If You Could Read My Mind	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	03:34
Guido Basso	Tour de Force (live) (Dizzy Gillespie)	Lost in the Stars	06:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Young New Mexican Pupeteer	Morning Has Broken	03:12
The Mutual Understanding	San Jose	In Wonderland	02:41
Moe Koffman	Inverno Furioso (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	02:44
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Moe Koffman	Swingin' Explorer	Goes Electric	02:43
Jimmy Dale	If	Toronto Instrumental	02:18
The Laurie Bower Singers	50 Ways	Got a Feelin' for Love	03:31
Hagood Hardy	Juarez '62	Reflections	03:13
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Not Soon Enough	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:32
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
Ben McPeek	Alouette	The Original Sounds of	02:20
Hagood Hardy	Leaside Bridge	As Time Goes By	04:56
Jerry Toth	It's a Great Life	The Music Of	02:09
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Angie Baby	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:43
Johnny Cowell	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Wally Koster	Time Was	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:19
Jimmy Namaro	Westside Story (Medley): Maria - Cool - America - I Feel Pretty - To-night - Dance in the Gym	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:40
Paul Hoffert	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Jimmy Dale	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21

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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