The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Moe Koffman Curried Sole Moe's Curried Soul
Peter Appleyard Witchcraft Per-cus-sive Jazz
Denny Vaughan Dominion Square A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"
Eugene Amaro All In Love Is Fair Twilight Time
Henry Cuesta We're at Home Clarinet With Strings
Jackie Richardson Green Lies and Man Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Kathryn Moses I Met a Special Man ST
Doug Crosley Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Guido Basso What a Friend It's Happening (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Lenny Breau Lone Pine Mo' Breau
Lucio Agostini Black Rose (Lucio Agostini) Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Hagood Hardy Just the Way You Are Reflections
The Laurie Bower Singers Love Will Turn You Around Laurie Bower
Compilation Jim Pirie - We'll Walk Together 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
Bill Badgley Georgy Girl At the Ports of Call
Jimmy Namaro When the World Was Young featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Nellie Medley (Wait 'Til the Sun Shines Nellie - Wore a Tulip - Old Grey Bonnet - I Want a Gal) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Fred Stone Elissa The Music of Fred Stone
Ivy Steel Prelude to a Kiss Reincarnation
Electronic Ensemble (Ben McPeek) Monkey Music Peter & The Wolf b/w Monkey Music
Russ Little I Want to Make it With You (David Gates) Deeper and Deeper
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Lenny Breau Neptune ST
Hagood Hardy You Needed Me Reflections
Compilation Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
John Arpin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Direct to Disc
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Moe Koffman Growing Up Tales of Koffman
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Candida It's Impossible
Bill Badgley Moonlight Sonata Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 4th movement Transformations - Invocations
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
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)
Ron Collier Tentet I Believe In You ST
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Delta Dawn Do Something Nice Today!
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? Do Something Nice Today!
Carol McCartney I Concentrate On You A Night in Tunisia
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We? Feelin'
Jimmy Dale The Lamp Is Low Profiles
Lenny Breau I Remember Hank Mo' Breau
The Mutual Understanding Little Girl Blue In Wonderland
Compilation Jerry Toth - The Fool On the Hill Motorcars In Concert 1970
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
Peter Appleyard Tenderly Per-cus-sive Jazz
Compilation Lizzie Simcoe Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Henry Cuesta The Promised Land Plays Favourites
The Laurie Bower Singers Think I'll Write a Song Back Home Again
Jimmy Namaro Cool Fool With Mallets A 4 Thought
Jimmy Namaro I Cover The Waterfront At the Westbury
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wang Wang Blues Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
The Laurie Bower Singers If You Feel The Way I Do The Rose And The Rain
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
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
John Arpin Your Love's Return Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Moe Koffman Jeannine Tales of Koffman
Hagood Hardy A Boy Named Charlie Brown Maybe Tomorrow
Paul Zaza Blue Shadow Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Teddy Roderman Animal Crackers in My Soup Makin' It With You
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Lucio Agostini Brazil Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Champagne and Quail Halifax Instrumental
Ben McPeek Peace Train Peace Train
Paul Zaza Superstar Faces and Places
Peter Appleyard Open the Gates of Love Peter Appleyard Presents
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears The Toronto Sessions
Jerry Toth Here's That Rainy Day The Music Of
Johnny Cowell Genevieve The Tender Loving Care
Moe Koffman The Baron Cool and Hot Sax
Doug Crosley Pisces Child (Dolores Claman) With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Copenhagen Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Jimmy Namaro The Man I Love featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Rick Wilkins Lowdown My Heart Belongs to Me
Moe Koffman Icicle Bells (Allegro) The Four Seasons
The Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Ron Collier Tentet I Feel Pretty ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Thorn In My Shoe Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Jerry Toth Gymnopedie The Classic Jerry Toth
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening
Rick Wilkins Why Think About Tomorrow From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
The Brian Browne Trio Waltzing Matilda The Toronto Scene
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Eleanor Rigby Do Something Nice Today!
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Goin' Out Of My Head The Now Sound
John Arpin Beautiful Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jerry Toth Portrait of Caroline The Classic Jerry Toth
Joyce Sullivan Friendly Star The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Rick Wilkins (Our) Love is Here to Stay From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Yorkville Avenue Band St. Louis Blues "Moving Day"
Herb Marshall Make it With You (David Gates - Bread) Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Guido Basso Ill Wind One More for the Road
Ivy Steel Don’t Explain Reincarnation

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Hamilton - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Compilation

My Heart Belongs to Me

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

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

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

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