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
Peter Appleyard	Avalon	The Vibe Sound Of	02:33
Jimmy Namaro	So Danco Samba	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:00
Guido Basso	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Johnny Cowell	His Girl	His Girl	02:11
Johnny Cowell	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Paul Zaza	Guitarra Rhumba	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:14
Peter Appleyard	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	Sing Me a Rainbow	Feelin'	02:18
Doug Crosley	(theme from) Love Story	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Got a Name	Back Home Again	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	At the Ports of Call	01:59
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Phil Nimmons Group	Swing Softly	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:03
Johnny Cowell	W.A. Mozart - Allelujah (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:38
Peter Appleyard	Wave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:27
Rick Wilkins	My Heart Belongs to Me	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:16
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Fidgety Feet	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
John Arpin	Jenny's Tune	Direct to Disc	02:54
Rick Wilkins	You Can Have Me Anytime	Discovery	03:28
Lenny Breau	Blues Theme #2	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	02:33
Bill Badgley	Moonlight Sonata	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	05:02
John Arpin	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Ed Bickert	When Sunny Gets Blue	Out of the Past	09:00
Guido Basso	Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)	Lost in the Stars	05:15
Peter Appleyard	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Jimmy Dale	On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Profiles	04:42
Hagood Hardy	Daniel	Tell Me My Name	03:55
Peter Appleyard	We'll Never Know	The Vibraphone Of	02:14
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Doug Randle	Batteries Not Included	Songs for the New Industrial State	02:47
Ed Bickert	Polkadots & Moonbeams	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:27
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Ivy Steel	Don’t Explain	Reincarnation	04:26
Hagood Hardy	Leaside Bridge	As Time Goes By	04:56
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	South	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:23
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Castle Rock	Bluesprint	04:45
Henry Cuesta	Forever April	Clarinet With Strings	02:11
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Bill Butler	My Heart at thy Sweet Voice	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:46
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	South of Pago Pago	ST	03:13
Hagood Hardy	Words	Maybe Tomorrow	03:04
Doug Crosley	Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Jackie Richardson	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Guido Basso	Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:21
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Norman Amadio Trio	Alleluia D.T.'s.	ST	01:57
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Hagood Hardy	Rain, Rain	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:50
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:34
Jimmy Dale	I Should Care	Soft and Groovy	03:03
Hagood Hardy	When We Were Young	As Time Goes By	03:04
Peter Appleyard	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Paul Zaza	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Johnny Cowell	It's Gotta be Love	It's Gotta Be Love	02:37
Hagood Hardy	Misty	Reflections	03:45
Johnny Cowell	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Russian Rag (Cobb)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:28
Moe Koffman	L'il Bitty Pretty One	Moe's Curried Soul	03:56
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Peter Appleyard	This Masquerade	ST	03:01
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Johnny Cowell	Summertime Sunshine	Hot Brass	02:28
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 4 Finale	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:52
Eugene Amaro	Sans Souci	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:36
Doug Randle	Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:00
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Guido Basso	Gentle Rain	One More for the Road	04:58
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Denny Vaughan	Can't Help Falling in Love With You	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:38
Phil Nimmons Group	Who Walks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	05:16
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Dr. Music	Shoot	Doug Riley Transcription	06:55
Johnny Cowell	Our Winter Love	Our Winter Love	02:31
Compilation	Billy Van - Kiss The Wind	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:18
Paul Hoffert	Grotto Walk	The Jazz Roots of	02:48
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Ben McPeek	He's So Fine	Peace Train	02:50
Lenny Breau	Secret Love	Minor's Aloud	05:10
Denny Vaughan	Fine and Dandy	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:38
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
The Laurie Bower Singers	You Are What I Am	Wish I Was A Plane	02:23
Guido Basso	Waters of March (Antonio Carlos Jobim)	Lost in the Stars	05:25
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Peter Appleyard	Mi Musica es Parati	The Vibraphone Of	02:58
The Laurie Bower Singers	American Music	Laurie Bower	03:16
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Lucio Agostini	Que Sera Sera	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:01
Henry Cuesta	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Eugene Amaro	Midnight Blue	Twilight Time	02:53

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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