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
Jimmy Namaro	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:31
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Doug Crosley	You Wonder Why (Babs Babineau, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:30
John Arpin	Your Love's Return	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:58
Moe Koffman	Darktown Strutters Ball	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Ron Collier Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Guido Basso	Sweet Gingerbread Man	Love Talk	03:07
Guido Basso	Never Let Me Go	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	07:00
Johnny Cowell	(These Are) The Young Years	Our Winter Love	02:24
Guido Basso	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Ben McPeek	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Thinking of You	02:11
Peter Appleyard	Who Needs It	ST	03:18
Paul Zaza	Fine and Dandy	Faces and Places	02:31
Jimmy Namaro	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Lucio Agostini	Night In Spain	Action With Agostini	04:00
Lucio Agostini	Pan Am Young and Old	Once Upon a Hundred Years	03:40
Hagood Hardy	Never-Never Land	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:00
Moe Koffman	Bei Mir Bist Du Schön	Cool and Hot Sax	03:12
John Arpin	Toronto Blues (1965)	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:40
Jimmy Namaro	On a Little Street in Singapore	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:47
Eugene Amaro	Why Did I Choose You	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:27
Joyce Sullivan	Bill	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:16
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Hogtown Trumpets	Ludwig's Bugle	CBC Comp 434 comp	03:14
2B3	Bill Payne, Rob Gusevs - Hip Hug-her	The Toronto Sessions	04:57
Ben McPeek	Never My Love	Peace Train	03:27
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Nameless Hour	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	09:21
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	Nine to Five	It Goes Like It Goes	02:34
Johnny Cowell	Roller Coaster	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:09
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Paul Zaza	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Bill Butler	I Love You	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Peter Appleyard	Theme from Black Orpheus	The Vibraphone Of	02:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Peter Appleyard	Night Journey	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Wish That I Was Making Love (To You Tonight)	Laurie Bower	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Lucio Agostini	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Ed Bickert	Nobody Else But Me	Bye Bye Baby	04:58
Doug Crosley	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
The Laurie Bower Singers	Theme from Chariots of Fire - Race to the End	Laurie Bower	02:42
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Denny Vaughan	Abergavenny	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:24
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	All in the Family	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Henry Cuesta	Way Down Deep	Plays Favourites	02:06
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Ben McPeek	Mame	The Original Sounds of	03:04
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:37
Eugene Amaro	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Paul Zaza	Autumn Reflections	Images	02:56
Jimmy Dale	Till the End of Time	Profiles	02:40
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Paul Zaza	Sun Ranch	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:11
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?	Do Something Nice Today!	02:30
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Compilation	Brian Dickinson - Alone Together	Jazz Toronto	04:52
Denny Vaughan	The French Song	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Bill Badgley	Moon Love	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:15
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Peter Appleyard	Rock's Push	Toronto Instrumental	02:16
Bill Badgley	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
John Arpin	Bethena	Concert In Ragtime	05:56
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Denny Vaughan	Ramona	Girls I Knew	02:04
Moe Koffman	Up, Up and Away	Turned on	02:28
Paul Hoffert	6 Bar Theme	The Jazz Roots of	05:23
Ben McPeek	One Less Bell To Answer	Peace Train	03:26
Ed Bickert	'Tis Autumn	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:44
The Brian Browne Trio	Bonnie & Clyde	Toronto Instrumental	02:17
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Ben McPeek	Kapuskasing Kaper	The Original Sounds of	02:57

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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