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
Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)	Sometimes I'm Happy	At Home With Dorothy And Raymond	03:22
Neil Chotem	Pizza For Tony	Lucille Dumont and Robert Demontigny, vocalists	02:19
Neil Chotem	Show Me The Way To Go Home	Neil Chotem Orchestra	03:34
Paul Horn	A Gift for Caesar	Impressions Of Cleopatra	07:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Peter Appleyard	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Vibraphone Of	02:59
Al Baculis Quintet	Blues '75 (Al Baculis)	CBC Comp 418	02:45
Demo Cates	Billie Jean	Theme From An Officer And A Gentleman - Volume Seven	04:23
Gentle Touch (2)	I Want to Hold Your Hand	Ampersand	01:24
Bobby G. Griffith	Ain't No Chicken	Toronto Vocalist/Composer	02:29
Laila Biali	Autumn Leaves	From Sea to Sky	06:01
Terry Watada	Weekend	Night's Disgrace	03:18
Alex Cuba	Euforia	Agua Del Pozo	04:45
Portia White	Steal Away	First You Dream	04:26
Compilation	Ron Johnston - Girl Blue	CBC Comp 426	02:16
Neil Chotem	Mon grand amour	Themes and Melodies Volume 1	02:26
Vic Franklyn (Lyn Evans)	My Foolish Heart	After All Is Said and Done	02:43
Compilation	Stan Rogers - Try Like The Devil	CBC Comp 436	02:57
Robert Tennison Troupe	I Can See (Instrumental)	Watch Me Now (Hear Me Now) b/w I Can See (Instrumental)	02:44
Ralph Fraser & Pat L'Heureux	Now I Know	The Two Piano Team of	02:48
Bobby Edwards	I'm No Stranger	Rainbow	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jerry Toth	The Moth .. Peter Appleyard vibes solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:45
Jack Grunsky	Breakwater Patio	Miami in Mind	04:27
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Moe Koffman	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Compilation	Chico Valle Y Los Cubanos - Noche Azul	Canadian Talent At Work!	02:43
Emile Normand Sextet	Sorcery (Keith Jarrett)	ST	04:51
Ralph Fraser & Pat L'Heureux	Jumping Bean	The Two Piano Team of	02:31
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Lee Gagnon	How Insensitive	Discotheque	02:21
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Brian Browne Trio with Henry Cuesta	Stick in the Mud	The Brian Browne Trio	02:05
Hagood Hardy	Promenade	Reflections	03:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Ed Bickert	Barbados	Bye Bye Baby	04:11
Pat Riccio	Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:25
Dave Woods Orchestra	Watch What Happens	MOR from Halifax	02:30
Henry Cuesta	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
Salome Bey	Carry Your Colors	ST	02:19
Chicho Valle	Amor Dulce Amor	Este Es Chicho Valle	02:38
Howard Cable Orchestra	Let Me Entertain You	Howard Cable's Orchestra	01:22
Billy Martin	Laura	The Mellow Sax Of John Scott	02:04
Phil Nimmons Group	Muggs	The Canadian Scene	07:14
John Arpin	Gladiolus Rag (1907)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:11
Jerry Toth Singers	Cross the Jordan	Moment of Love	03:42
Joyce Sullivan	You'll Never Know	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	02:47
Portia White	I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly	First You Dream	02:07
Guy Lombardo	Red Sails in the Sunset	Enjoy Yourself!	03:14
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Bert Niosi with Johnny Burt Strings	The Boy Next Door	ST	02:22
Jim Pirie	Satin Doll	Soulero: The Music of Today!	02:39
Peter Appleyard	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
Sheila Graham	Let's Call it a Day	Sheila Graham Sings	02:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Bye Bye Love	Laurie Bower	02:57
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Live)	Live in Tokyo	04:36
Barry Newman	Our Code Has a Long Way to Go	Noon Tide	06:11
John Perrone	Quiet Night of Quiet Stars	Theme from Forbidden Games	02:13
Judy Loman	Nola	Harmonics for Harp (split with Francis Chaplin)	02:47
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Ensemble Infini	Halloween à Québec	Volume ∞	07:36
Spitfire Band	If I Were A Bell	Big Band Swing Things	03:46
Peter Huron & Joe	A Slight Riff	From Huron In	03:06
Maynard Ferguson	Katimavik	Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra (live at the Expo '67 Canadian Pavillion Theatre)	03:57
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Rockin' Good Way	Bluesprint	04:32
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
Jimmy Namaro	Kcammot	Driftwood	02:19
Johnny Holmes Orchestra	Watch What Happens (Legrand–Gimbel, guitar feature Tony Romandini)	The Brass Therapy (Montreal Brass Band)	02:23
Doug Riley	Chunga's Revenge (Frank Zappa)	Dreams	02:49
Pat Riccio	A Man and a Woman	A Man and a Woman Strangers in the Night	02:29
Guido Basso	I Can Dream Can't I	A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)	06:27
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Bridge Over Troubled Water	On a Cool Day	03:26
Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue	Yakety Sax	Strands of Time	02:17
Jerry Toth	A Place to Stand	A Place to Stand b/w A Place to Stand (Star Weekly picture sleeve)	02:51
Compilation	Cleone Duncan - Life Is A Merry-Go-Round	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:16
Carse Sneddon Quintet	Cotton Tail	ST	04:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Peter Appleyard	China Boy (To Sleep)	The Vibraphone Of	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Mole City	Moongold	ST	08:24
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
Don Baker	Hell's Bells	Cocktail Hammond	03:24
Concept Neuf	L'île verte	Concept Neuf	01:55
Joyce Sullivan	Plaisir D'amour	Joyce Sullivan, vocalist with Johnny Burt Orchestra	02:44
Compilation	Marty Butler - Evergreen Winter	Youth for Canada Easy Listening Canadian Olympics Association	02:51
Allan Wellman	Doodles Blues	Me and My Trumpet	03:29
Jerry Toth	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Yvan Landry Quartet	Café Au Lait	Café Au Lait	05:54
Johnny Burt Society	Come Summer	….Come Summer	02:17
Johnny Burt Society	Don't Say You Don't Remember	….Come Summer	04:02
The Brian Browne Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Shirley Harmer	Autumn Leaves	Shirley Harmer Sings	01:55
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 3rd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:05
Bob Francis	For the Good Times	with Thursday's Children & The Guido Basso Orchestra (from CBC TV's Bandwagon)	02:23
John Perrone	Valse de Juan	Theme from Forbidden Games	01:45
Teddy Roderman	Niagara	Makin' It With You	02:10
Guido Basso	Too Late Now	Love Talk	03:19

Jazz

Tracks

FEATURED

Mart Kenney - Classics

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

FEATURED

Tony Quarrington - Deep River

FEATURED

Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

FEATURED

Dale Jacobs - Coastal Zone

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

FEATURED

Billy Martin - The Mellow Sax Of John Scott

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Billy's Dance Party

FEATURED

Hagood Hardy - Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love

FEATURED

Mary Lou Collins - vocalist, with Ricky Hyslop Orchestra (split with Judy Ginn and Doug Parker Orchestra)

FEATURED

Mary Lou Collins - ST

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

FEATURED

Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

FEATURED

Terry Watada - Saigon Dreaming

FEATURED

Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - Sophisticated Ladies

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - Vibraphone of Peter Appleyard

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - ST

FEATURED

Peter Appleyard - The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)

FEATURED

Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

FEATURED

Doug Riley - Freedom

FEATURED

Doug Riley - Dreams

FEATURED

Bruce Tilden - Looking Back

Comments