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
Hagood Hardy Winter Time The Christmas Album
Moe Koffman Sure It Is The Shepherd Swings Again
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
The Laurie Bower Singers How The Singers Sing Morning Has Broken
Rick Wilkins Déjà vu Discovery
Moe Koffman Coaster Cool and Hot Sax
Claman Richard Morris & Jerry Toth St. Lawrence Centre Song St. Lawrence Centre Song
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Peter Appleyard Moon Glow The Vibe Sound Of
Jackie Richardson The Lies of Handsome Men Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Moe Koffman Alone Together The Shepherd Swings Again
Ben McPeek Yorkville Yak The Original Sounds of
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Back On the Bus Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Peter Appleyard Fascinating Rhythm The Vibe Sound Of
Carol McCartney Jersey Bounce A Night in Tunisia
The Brian Browne Trio Toot That Whistle The Toronto Scene
Compilation Hang On Sloopy (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Hagood Hardy Clouds The Homecoming
Carol McCartney East of the Sun A Night in Tunisia
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
Peter Appleyard What I Did For Love ST
Denny Vaughan Judy Girls I Knew
Joyce Sullivan I'll Give My Love an Apple The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Rick Wilkins Together My Heart Belongs to Me
Hagood Hardy Joy to the World The Christmas Album
John Arpin Go My Way Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot
Herb Marshall Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Toronto Vocalist
Jimmy Namaro Driftwood Driftwood
Paul Zaza Marina Del Ray Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Aurora Borealis Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Joyce Sullivan You'll Never Know The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Teddy Roderman Stay Awhile (Ken Tobias) Stay Awhile
The Laurie Bower Singers Magnificent Sanctuary Band Morning Has Broken
Joyce Sullivan Say it Isn't So The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
The Laurie Bower Singers Don't Give Up On Us Baby Looks Like We Made It
Jackie Richardson My Baby Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Doug Wilson Quartet Canadian Theme Canada b/w Canadian Theme
Henry Cuesta Brand New Morning Clarinet With Strings
Hagood Hardy Winter Wonderland The Christmas Album
The Laurie Bower Singers Oh My Lady Wish I Was A Plane
Ben McPeek Superstar Peace Train
Moe Koffman Lord Have Mercy Goes Electric
The Laurie Bower Singers Bye Bye Love Laurie Bower
Rick Wilkins Quiescence For the Sake of Music
Guido Basso Anniversary Song It's Happening
Hagood Hardy (Theme from) Second Wind Maybe Tomorrow
Guido Basso Canada It's Happening (re-issue)
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
The Laurie Bower Singers Rainy Day People Got a Feelin' for Love
Paul Zaza Blue Lagoon Images
Hagood Hardy Promenade Reflections
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Alley Cat (Bjorn-Harlem) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Denny Vaughan Ramona Girls I Knew
Colina Phillips River Jordan Toronto Vocalist
Teddy Roderman So Let Our Love Begin Makin' It With You
Jackie Richardson Stay With Me Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Come Saturday Morning Montage
Phil Nimmons Group Stay Awake Mary Popppins Swings
Ivy Steel Boudoirs Reincarnation
Johnny Cowell Our Winter Love Our Winter Love
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Sneaky Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
The Laurie Bower Singers Pretty Lady Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra The Sound of Silver ST
Carol McCartney The Shadow of Your Smile A Night in Tunisia
Phil Nimmons Group Kicks (Outro) Nimmons 'N' Nine
Pat Riccio Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy CBC Comp 409
Ben McPeek Suzanne Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene
Johnny Cowell Valley of the Six Hundred It's Gotta Be Love
Lenny Breau Hard Day's Night Guitar Sounds From
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Where Are You Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Rick Wilkins Tomorrow For the Sake of Music
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Blue Jade Sailin' Home
Lenny Breau That's All The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Ben McPeek He's So Fine Peace Train
Moe Koffman Comin' Home Baby Goes Electric
Ed Bickert Ed Bickert - The Dreamer The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)
Denny Vaughan The Goldiger's Song (With Plenty of Money and You) Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Lenny Breau My Funny Valentine Guitar Sounds From
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Look What They've Done to My Song It's Impossible
Moe Koffman Goin' Out of My Head Turned on
Jimmy Namaro I Wanna Know We Gotta Get It All Together
Paul Zaza Canadian Express Faces and Places
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So CBC Comp 409
Paul Zaza Summertime Drive Faces and Places
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
The Brian Browne Trio Home Again The Toronto Scene
Phil Nimmons Group Steve's Theme Take 10
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Wolverine Blues Original Toronto Dixieland Band
The Laurie Bower Singers Una Paloma Got a Feelin' for Love
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Song of the Tropics ST
Hagood Hardy (Love theme from) Missouri breaks Maybe Tomorrow
Johnny Cowell Carnival of Venice (Herbert L. Clarke) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Johnny Cowell The Golden Jet (Bobb Hull) His Girl
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Peter Appleyard Moonlight Feels Right ST
Norman Amadio Trio Alleluia D.T.'s. ST
The Mutual Understanding Rain Rain Go Away In Wonderland

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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