Jazz

Timeless, expressive, and ever-evolving—Jazz is where Canada's finest improvisers, composers, and stylists come to shine. This room spans the full spectrum of Canadian jazz, from swing and bebop to cool, fusion, free, and beyond. Featuring legends, hidden gems, and boundary-pushers from coast to coast, this collection captures the spirit of creativity, collaboration, and exploration that defines jazz. Always in motion, always in conversation—this is Canada’s jazz story, one note at a time.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
The Brian Browne Trio	Misty Roses	Toronto Instrumental	02:22
Compilation	Jack Denny Orchestra, vocal chorus by Scrappy Lambert - Hello Montreal! 1928 Brunswick 3884	Hello Montreal!	02:33
Jerry Toth	Last Tango In Paris	The Twelve Sides Of	02:38
Jimmy Namaro	He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening)	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:56
Howard Cable Orchestra	Merry Widow "Can Can": Medley of: Girls Girls Girls; The Girls at Maxim's	Howard Cable's Orchestra	02:47
Neil Chotem	For It Was Only Yesterday	Themes and Melodies Volume 2	02:49
Stephanie Taylor	Marion's Theme (Dou Riley)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:01
Dino Pacifici	We Can Still Be Friends	Become a Man	03:13
Jimmy Namaro	Dark Eyes	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	05:13
Mario Castro-Neves	Stop, Look & Listen	Stop, Look, and Listen	03:09
John Arpin	Troubadour Rag (1919)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:16
Paul Bley	Only Sweetly	Blood	06:25
Eugene Amaro	All In Love Is Fair	Twilight Time	03:26
Meantime	Welcome: Mother Earth	Welcome: Mother Earth	15:22
Compilation	Marty Butler - Evergreen Winter	Youth for Canada Easy Listening Canadian Olympics Association	02:51
Nick Ayoub (avec Rosita & Dino)	Prelude to Bossa Nova	Bossa Nova Jazz Samba	01:54
Moe Koffman	Curried Sole	Moe's Curried Soul	03:17
Jerry Toth	J's J.	Volume 1: Enjoy Being Beautiful With Minka	02:31
Molly Johnson	I Loves You, Porgy	Lucky	04:35
Bill Butler	Autummn Nocturne	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:17
Phil Nimmons Group	Open Country	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Lee Gagnon	Autoroute	Le Jazze	05:19
Demo Cates	Feeling Uplifted	Thirteen Shades of Soul	03:28
Eugene Amaro	Niños Del Sol	Eugene Amaro	04:53
Hot Club Edmonton	Misty	ST	08:14
Alex Cuba	Si Pero No	Agua Del Pozo	03:22
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	I Cried for You	Bluesprint	05:41
Compilation	Paolo Noël - Carré Saint-Louis	Montréal: Un Portrait Musical	02:34
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Send a Little Love My Way	The Best Damn Band in the Land!!	02:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Aura (Aura Urziceanu)	Hai, Călușari !	Aura	03:33
Mary Collins Lou	My Cup Runneth Over	vocalist, with Ricky Hyslop Orchestra (split with Judy Ginn and Doug Parker Orchestra)	02:53
Billy Martin	Little Dutch Mill	Billy's Dance Party	02:39
Gordie Fleming	Proud Mary (John Fogerty)	Gordie Fleming's "Big Little Band" (Montreal Instrumental)	02:34
Paul Bley Quartet	Beau Diddley	Solemn Meditation	05:33
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Compilation	Dear World (arranged by Tony Gee)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:42
Compilation	New Princes' Toronto Band, Les Allen, vocal - I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me) (Warren-Green) (1926)	Music (Makes The World Go 'Round): Dance Bands From Canada 1922-1930	02:55
Paul Horn	Fremptz	Something Blue	06:03
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Pretty Woman	Trombone Rob	03:41
Vic Centro Sextet	Poet's Dream (L'ame Des Poetes)	ST	02:11
Al Michalek Quartet	Betcha	Voices	05:09
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
John Arpin	Ragtime Nightingale	Concert In Ragtime	03:04
John Perrone	Taboo	Theme from Forbidden Games	02:37
Guido Basso	S'Wonderful	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:10
Compilation	Jury Krytiuk Orchestra & Chorus - This Guy’s In Love With You	Youth for Canada Easy Listening Canadian Olympics Association	02:23
Guido Basso	Jingle Bells	Christmas Today	02:08
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Paul Bley	Cousins	Footloose	04:44
Bobby Edwards	Trana Fiesta	Fat City Suite in E Major	02:45
Compilation	Tommy Banks Band - Isn't She Lovely	Pieces of Dreams	02:59
Guido Basso	Marion's Theme ( from Megantic Outlaw)	Love Talk	02:40
Sheila Graham	Stormy	ST	02:35
L'infonie	Agnus Dei	Vol 3	05:05
Lorne Lofsky	I Remember You	The Quartet Of Lorne Lofsky And Friend	04:06
TCB	First Grade Reader	Open for Business	05:19
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Gypsophilia	Agricola & Sarah	Sa-Ba-Da-Ow!	05:29
Rick Wilkins	Neat!	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:13
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	And I Love Her	The Old Meets the New	03:11
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Desert boots	The Music of Nick Ayoub	04:31
Al Baculis Singers	Martinique	ST	02:04
Johnny Holmes Orchestra	Lonely Is the Name (Kaempfert–Rehbein–Sigman)	The Brass Therapy (Montreal Brass Band)	02:16
Moe Koffman Quartet	The Gravy Waltz	ST	02:20
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Theme for Susan	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:40
Dave Woods Orchestra	Country Time Polka	Dave Woods Brass - Countri-fied	01:59
Hagood Hardy	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
Doug Randle	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Jack Grunsky	Water Man	Façade	05:01
Shuffle Demons	The Puker	Streetniks	05:07
Al Baculis Singers	It's Winter Again	Happy Together	01:57
Ensemble Infini	Opus II	Volume ∞	06:54
Chicho Valle	What Now, My Love	Latin Lustre	02:55
Bruno Gerussi & Tommy Ambrose	Hand Me Down World	Fuzzy Love	03:02
Paul Bley	That Old Feeling	Paul Bley	02:41
Gene Lees	All We Have Is Now	Bridges: Gene Lees Sings The Gene Lees Song Book	03:04
Chicho Valle	Misirlou	Latin Lustre	04:24
Canada Pops	Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft	Did You Know?	03:40
Neil Chotem	Les parapluies de cherbourg (Monique Leyrac, vocals)	Monique Leyrac, vocalist	03:01
Billy Martin	Till	The Mellow Sax Of John Scott	03:06
Lucio Agostini	Little Chinook (Fred Diehl)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:03
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Adolphe Parillon	Lorisisque	I Paint The Sky	11:26
Paul Zaza	Summer Evening	Images	02:36
Ruben Rivas	El Bobo De La Yuca	Ruben Rivas Plays	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Gentle Touch (2)	For All Ae Know	Ampersand	01:25
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Moose Head	ST	02:19
Compilation	Bert Niosi's Orchestra - Blue Skies	Swing Canada Volume 2 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1938-49	04:01
Guido Basso	Blue Monk	One More for the Road	05:09
Peter Appleyard	Early Autumn	Vibraphone of Peter Appleyard	02:44
Marla Guloien	Whadya Say	Debut	03:16
Ben McPeek	Baked Apple Rag	Thinking of You	02:32
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Guido Basso	Last Night When We Were Young	One More for the Road	04:58
Paul Horn	Caesar And Cleopatra Theme	Impressions Of Cleopatra	04:03
Bobby Edwards	The Lady With The Harp	Twilight Drive	04:32

Jazz

Tracks

FEATURED

Bruce Tilden - Looking Back

FEATURED

The Hometown Band - Flying

FEATURED

Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

Ensemble Infini - Volume ∞

FEATURED

Canadian All Stars - ST

FEATURED

Canadian All Stars - ST

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Joan Fairfax & Denny Vaughan - I Like It, I like It, I Like It // Won't You Love Me

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Chicho Valle - Chicho Valle Y Los Cubanos

FEATURED

Johnny Holmes Orchestra - 17-piece Montreal Orchestra

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

FEATURED

Salome Bey - ST

FEATURED

Tommy Ambrose - Sweet Times

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

FEATURED

Dianne Brooks - CBC Comp 404

FEATURED

Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass - The Big Band Hour (England, UK) (unreleased)

FEATURED

Bob McMullin - One Minuters

FEATURED

Diane Miller - Mr. Teperman b/w Baby That's the Way it Goes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - The Ones Ahead

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Comments