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
Jimmy Dale Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey Toronto Instrumental
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - The Dreamer The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Compilation Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Lenny Breau Ebony Queen - Pam's Pad Mo' Breau
Lucio Agostini The Partisan (Marley - Zaret) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Peter Appleyard Swinging Shepherd Blues Peter Appleyard Presents
Compilation Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life Motorcars In Concert 1970
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Ask Me Why It Goes Like It Goes
Eugene Amaro Why Did I Choose You The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Tommy Ambrose While We're Young Young Tommy Ambrose
Paul Zaza Autumn Reflections Images
2B3 Doug Riley, Bill Payne - All About My Girl The Toronto Sessions
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Caribbean Moonlight ST
Johnny Cowell Oops His Girl
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
John Arpin Jenny's Tune Direct to Disc
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six I Love to Play (Opening Theme) Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Moe Koffman Doxy The Shepherd Swings Again
The Brian Browne Trio Home Again The Toronto Scene
Paul Zaza Foxy Lady Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Robert Tennison Troupe Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Wally Koster The More I See You The Songs of Wally Koster
Lenny Breau Music to Watch Girls By Guitar Sounds From
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Phil Nimmons Group Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious Mary Popppins Swings
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Once I Loved (Gilbert/Jobim/DeMoraes) ST
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Watermelon Man The Now Sound
Jimmy Namaro Despertar We Gotta Get It All Together
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Down by the Old Mill Stream The Old Meets the New
John Arpin At Long Last Love it's Alright With Me Direct to Disc
Pat Riccio Then I'll Be Tired of You (Schwarz-Harburg) Doug Crosley: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Compilation Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
The Laurie Bower Singers Country Fair Looks Like We Made It
Phil Nimmons Group In a Mellotone Take 10
The Laurie Bower Singers I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today Take Me Home Country Roads
The Laurie Bower Singers Daybreak Looks Like We Made It
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra I'll Follow My Secret Heart Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Norman Amadio Trio Taboo ST
The Laurie Bower Singers Didn't We? Feelin'
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Jimmy Namaro Love With Mallets A 4 Thought
Moe Koffman Hey There Cool and Hot Sax
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening (re-issue)
Ivy Steel Don’t Explain Reincarnation
Moe Koffman Battering Ram Goes Electric
Paul Zaza Sailing By Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Ed's Comp Strictly Nimmons
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra Destino And I Love Her
Jimmy Namaro Street of Dreams featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Johnny Cowell For What it's Worth It's Gotta Be Love
Compilation One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I'll be Waiting Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎
Lenny Breau Scrapple From The Apple Minor's Aloud
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Georgy Girl The Now Sound
Peter Appleyard Moon Glow The Vibe Sound Of
Doug Crosley Somewhere, Sometime (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Paul Zaza Flutey Fuge Faces and Places
2B3 Denis Keldie, Michael Fonfara - Gimme Some Lovin' The Toronto Sessions
Moe Koffman Backbone Twist Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Exactly Like Jerry Smith Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
The Laurie Bower Singers Evergreen Looks Like We Made It
Jimmy Namaro Climax We Gotta Get It All Together
Lenny Breau On A Bach Bouree Minor's Aloud
The Laurie Bower Singers 50 Ways Got a Feelin' for Love
Lucio Agostini Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) Toronto Composer / Arranger
John Arpin Sleepy Hollow Rag Concert In Ragtime
Ben McPeek Thinking of You Thinking of You
Fred Stone Maera The Music of Fred Stone
The Mutual Understanding Wonderland In Wonderland
Compilation Bernie Senensky - New Life Blues Jazz Toronto
Ben McPeek Concerto for Toy Piano Thinking of You
John Arpin I Can't Depend On Love Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Jimmy Namaro The Moon is Low featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
The Laurie Bower Singers Got A Feelin' Got a Feelin' for Love
Lenny Breau The Claw The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Bacharach-David) Now!
The Laurie Bower Singers Simple Song Back Home Again
Ivy Steel Robbin’s Nest Reincarnation
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 1st movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers Sundown Back Home Again
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Do Something Nice Today!
Peter Appleyard Feelings ST
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
The Laurie Bower Singers I Got a Name Back Home Again
Jerry Toth The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Jimmy Namaro Nightingale We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Dale If Toronto Instrumental
Eugene Amaro Danny Boy The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Herb Marshall Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Toronto Vocalist
The Laurie Bower Singers Bye Bye Love Laurie Bower
Norman Amadio Trio Nica's Dream ST
Lenny Breau She Thinks I Still Care (Dickey Lee) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Denny Vaughan Wake Up Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Moe Koffman Soul Finger Turned on
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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

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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, 🇨🇦

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"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

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