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
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Karen Marklinger	The Man They Call Rainbow	Colours of the Rainbow	02:16
Paul Horn	Tall Polynesian	Something Blue	08:14
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Alex Cuba	De Manera Que (Hidden track)	Agua Del Pozo	03:36
Billy Martin	Till	The Mellow Sax Of John Scott	03:06
Molly Johnson	Ode to Billie Joe	Lucky	05:25
Portia White	Mayday Carol	First You Dream	03:11
Aaron Davis	Mandela	Nouvelle Afrique	07:37
Chicho Valle	Misirlou	Latin Lustre	04:24
Howard Cable Orchestra	Le Fiacre	Howard Cable's Orchestra	02:14
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Skylark (Carmichael)	Norma Locke, vocalist	03:56
Peter Appleyard	A Face Like Yours	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:58
Sonny Greenwich Quartet	Not While I'm Around	Bird of Paradise	09:56
Erica Pomerance	Burn Baby Burn	You Used To Think	05:38
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Paul Bley	My One And Only (What Am I Gonna Do)	Paul Bley	06:47
Jerry Toth	Eye Level	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:23
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Strings Unlimited	A Few Words	The New Sound of	02:49
Gypsophilia	Jewish Dance Party!	Sa-Ba-Da-Ow!	01:54
Hagood Hardy	Folks Who Live on the Hill	Stop 33 Sutton Place	03:10
Lorne Lofsky	Bean and the Boys	The Quartet Of Lorne Lofsky And Friend	05:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Judy Loman	Do I Hear a Waltz?	Harmonics for Harp (split with Francis Chaplin)	01:28
Demo Cates	Sexual Healing	Theme From An Officer And A Gentleman - Volume Seven	04:33
Russ Little	Little Prince	Snapshot	05:35
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Tommy Ambrose	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:31
Marla Guloien	Breathrough	Bad Ass Woman	02:32
Peter Appleyard	Old Dave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ruben Rivas	Cumana	Ruben Rivas Plays	03:48
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)	03:01
Galt MacDermot	Alive In Dar-Es-Salam	Shapes of Rhythm	02:19
Craddock Kids	River Without End	Canada	02:21
Bob McMullin	Partly Blue	McMullin’s Shorts: Short Original Tunes By Bob McMullin & His Orchestra	02:44
Jimmy Namaro	East of the Sun	Driftwood	03:51
Chicho Valle	Hammerhead	Latin Lustre	02:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine - Gone With the Blues	Strictly Nimmons	06:05
Mole City	Swing & Dig It	ST	11:00
Compilation	Ken Steele - Gently	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:31
Paul Horn	Grant Me an Honorable Way to Die	Impressions Of Cleopatra	03:46
Salome Bey	Paper Man	ST	02:36
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Barry Townley Trio	If You Go	On the Town	03:11
Howard Cable Orchestra	Let Me Entertain You	Howard Cable's Orchestra	01:22
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Johnny Burt	Spring Beautiful Spring	Strings of Johnny Burt	01:41
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
2B3	Denis Keldie, Rob Gusevs - One Love - People Get Ready	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Gordie Fleming	Impressions	According to Gordie	04:54
Maynard Ferguson	The Way You Look Tonight	Dimensions	02:56
Johnny Burt	Try Me	Johnny Burt's Arrangements for Five Trombones	02:16
Shirley Eikhard	Going Home	Going Home	05:05
Ed Bickert & Rob McConnell	Everywhere	Mutual Street	04:47
Bruno Gerussi & Tommy Ambrose	Edna	Fuzzy Love	07:22
Maynard Ferguson	Mrs. Pitlack Regrets	Around the Horn with	03:10
Tommy Banks Band	One O'Clock Jump	For Dancers Only	02:59
Sheila Graham	Without You	ST	02:22
Jimmy Namaro	Up a Lazy River	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Bass-ically Yours	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:19
Compilation	Benny Louis Orchestra - Leave Us Leap (Ed Finckle)	Swing Canada Volume 1 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1937-48	04:03
Johnny Holmes Orchestra	Wave	Montreal 17 piece Orchestra	02:37
Johnny Usry (a.k.a. Stratavarious)	Healing	Love In a Thunderstorm	04:25
Mark Kelso	Orion's Secret	Lost Kingdoms	03:05
Mario Castro-Neves	All You Get from Love is a Lovesong	Stop, Look, and Listen	02:32
Horn	Things in Themselves	On the People's Side	03:48
Allan Wellman	Royal Theme	Me and My Trumpet	02:48
Stephanie Taylor	Working on a Groove Thing	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:50
Ed Evanko	The Last Night of the World	I Did It For Your Love	04:05
Spitfire Band	Chattanooga Choo-Choo	ST	03:09
Compilation	Jerry Toth - It's a Great Life	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:09
Moe Koffman Quartet	The Gravy Waltz	ST	02:20
Portia White	I Wonder as I Wander	First You Dream	03:26
Shirley Eikhard	A Little Fun	The Jazz Sessions	02:45
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Compilation	Melody Kings Dance Orchestra - Limehouse Blues (Braham) (1923)	Music (Makes The World Go 'Round): Dance Bands From Canada 1922-1930	03:00
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Hagood Hardy	It's Sad to Belong to Someone Else	Tell Me My Name	03:10
Jim Pirie	Blues Fuse	Soulero: The Music of Today!	03:21
Compilation	Avram Galper With The Hart House Orchestra - Schon Rosmarin	Canadian Talent at Work	02:22
Captain Farnon Bob	I'm Confessin' (Fred Davis: trumpet)	The Lost Recordings (With The Canadian Band Of The Allied Expeditionary Force)	02:32
Jack Grunsky	Espresso at the Colony	Miami in Mind	04:48
Kelowna Jazz Music Society and the Kelowna Secondary Jazz Ensemble	Fun Time	Suncatchers	03:22
L'infonie	Ode L' affaire - Ouverture	Vol 3	03:56
Rick Wilkins	The Very Thought of You	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:35
Tommy Ambrose	Nothing To Do	Sweet Times	03:46
Strings Unlimited	Bolero	The New Sound of	03:32
Compilation	Stan Patton Orchestra - Castle On the Hill	Swing Canada Volume 1 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1937-48	03:35
Bruno Gerussi & Tommy Ambrose	Letter to Truscott	Fuzzy Love	03:55
Kathryn Moses	Love to See You Smile	Music in My Heart	06:39
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Rob Gusevs - Burnin' at the Stake	The Toronto Sessions	04:59
Ed Bickert	Keeping Myself For You	Bye Bye Baby	06:14
Compilation	Mart Kennedy and His Western Gentlemen - Make Believe (Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II)	Swing Canada Volume 1 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1937-48	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Far Away Places	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:56
Oliver Jones	De gros bois blues (Oliver Jones)	Live at Biddle's	06:09

Jazz

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Bob McMullin - Bob McMullin & His Music

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Bob McMullin - One Minuters

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Bob McMullin - McMullin’s Shorts: Short Original Tunes By Bob McMullin & His Orchestra

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Salome Bey - I Like Your Company

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Salome Bey - In Montreux

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Salome Bey - ST

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Salome Bey - ST

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Salome Bey - Andy and the Bey Sisters

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Jim O'Driscoll - Chega Saudade No More Blues b/w If You Could Read My Mind

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Jim O'Driscoll - I Don't Know How to Love Him b/w What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Russ Little - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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Russ Little - Deeper and Deeper

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Russ Little - Footwork

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Russ Little - Slow Burn

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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Wayne Eagles - How's Now?

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Art Morrow Orchestra - If You Could Read My Mind/ Autumn Again b/w Do It Today/ Latin Afternoon

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Art Morrow Orchestra - Ann Golden Sings...Art Morrow Swings! (Montreal Novelty)

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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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Terry Bush - With The The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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David Lavoie Quartet - Teardown

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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