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
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bali Ha'I	ST	03:42
Moe Koffman	Icicle Bells (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	05:31
Joyce Sullivan	Grandfather's Clock	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:33
Lenny Breau	Tuning Time	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	01:49
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Rick Wilkins	Blues for Helene	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	07:00
Johnny Cowell	Walk Hand in Hand	Our Winter Love	02:36
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Johnny Cowell	Sangre De Toro Bravo	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:28
Moe Koffman	Hambourg Bound	Cool and Hot Sax	04:05
Teddy Roderman	Meditation	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:10
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Thorn In My Shoe	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	02:34
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
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening	02:07
Henry Cuesta	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Plays Favourites	03:05
Lucio Agostini	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Let's Face the Music and Dance	And I Love Her	02:25
Lenny Breau	Autumn Leaves	Mo' Breau	02:01
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Ben McPeek	For Lovin Me	The Original Sounds of	01:52
Denny Vaughan	Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:10
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Ron Collier Tentet	The Thrill is Gone	ST	02:02
Peter Appleyard	What I Did For Love	ST	02:57
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	The Sound of Silver	ST	03:20
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 1st movement	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
The Laurie Bower Singers	Peaceful	Wish I Was A Plane	02:38
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
Lucio Agostini	Jolly Jumping Jack	Action With Agostini	01:36
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Moe Koffman	High Heeled Sneakers	Moe's Curried Soul	03:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Together	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:23
Compilation	Herbie Spanier - Dimensions In Blue	Jazz Toronto	06:38
Jerry Toth	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Tommy Ambrose	Have a Heart	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:16
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rain Brings People Together	Wish I Was A Plane	03:12
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Jerry Toth	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:06
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Peter Appleyard	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Compilation	Hogtown Hoe-Down	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:05
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Guido Basso	Canada	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:47
Phil Nimmons Group	Little Poppy	Nimmons 'N' Nine	04:55
Doug Riley	Hymn to Freedom	Freedom	04:50
Rick Wilkins	Songbird	For the Sake of Music	03:20
Jerry Toth	If We Try	The Twelve Sides Of	03:04
Wally Koster	My One and Only Love	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:16
Lucio Agostini	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Lazy Silhouettes	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:54
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Yorkville Avenue Band	Moving Day	"Moving Day"	03:10
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:22
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Hagood Hardy	No Good On My Own	As Time Goes By	03:31
Ben McPeek	If Only We Could See	If Only We Could See b/w Goodbye	02:32
Denny Vaughan	Three For Two	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:51
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Dear Heart	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	03:03
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Paul Zaza	Foxy Lady	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:54
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Johnny Cowell	Antigua	It's Gotta Be Love	02:08
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
Hagood Hardy	If I Had Nothing But a Dream	Reflections	02:51
Johnny Cowell	Hora Stacatto (Doc Severinson and Raphael Mendez)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:23
Guido Basso	Second Chance	One More for the Road	04:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Medley: It's Too Late-I Feel the Grass Grow Beneath My Feet	Montage	04:28
Ben McPeek	Downtown	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:00
Rick Wilkins	Ballad for Carolyn	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:48
John Arpin	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
The Laurie Bower Singers	If You Feel The Way I Do	The Rose And The Rain	02:40
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Terry Watada	Only Dreams	Night's Disgrace	04:47
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sanford & Son	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:38
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Eugene Amaro	Strangers In The Night	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:42
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Jimmy Namaro	Stranger in Paradise	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:43
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Ed Bickert	I Like To Recognize the Tune	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:46
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Jimmy Namaro	He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening)	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:56
The Brian Browne Trio	Blue Hair	The Toronto Scene	03:02
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Copenhagen	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	03:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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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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