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
Compilation	Henry Young - No Price Ltd.	CBC Comp 426	02:34
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Summer Love	Do Something Nice Today!	02:42
Bill Butler	A Portrait of a Piano	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:14
Compilation	Georgie Auld & His Orchestra - Shake Down The Stars (vocals Kay Foster) 1940	VE-Day Memories- Big Band Jazz Music of WW II in Canada	03:11
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Sounds Company	So What's New	Jimmy Dale Orchestra & Chorus with Rhonda Silver and Tommy Ambrose ‎	02:33
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
The Laurie Bower Singers	My Life's A Song	You	02:53
Hagood Hardy	I Won't Last a Day without You	The Homecoming	03:55
Fred Stone	Elissa	The Music of Fred Stone	07:25
Al Baculis Singers	Funny How Time Slips Away	Back to Baculis	02:32
Alys Robi	Brazil (instrumental)	Diva: Orchestre Lucio Agostini	02:19
Ron Collier Tentet	Charade	ST	02:33
Gene Lees	Yesterday I Heard the Rain	Bridges: Gene Lees Sings The Gene Lees Song Book	03:03
Guido Basso	My Ideal	One More for the Road	02:00
Spitfire Band	They Can't Take That Away From Me	'S Wonderful	04:11
Rob Carroll Trio	Three Sketches: III	Rob Carro Trio	05:54
Graham Teear	Baby, Talk to Me	Songs With Orchestra	02:34
Shirley Harmer	I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance	Shirley Harmer Sings	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Yes It's Toronto	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:58
Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)	The Surrey With the Fringe on Top (1944)	Recordings from the Raymond Scott Collection, 1942–1954 (Vol. 1)	03:27
Jackie Richardson	Finer Wine	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	01:07
P.J. Perry	Poor Butterfly	Worth Waiting For	05:25
Hagood Hardy	Les Arrivants (Theme from the Newcomers)	Tell Me My Name	04:10
Horn	Things in Themselves	On the People's Side	03:48
Jimmy Namaro	With Mallets Towards Some	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:56
Susie Arioli Swing Band	If Dreams Come True	It's Wonderful	02:27
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Carol McCartney	Just You, Just Me	Be Cool	05:19
Shirley Eikhard	There But for Love Go I	Going Home	05:16
Billy Van Singers	You've Got the World by the Tail	ST	02:10
Compilation	Terry McManus - Sunshower In The Spring	Youth for Canada Easy Listening Canadian Olympics Association	02:38
Hagood Hardy	Tell Me My Name (Sarah's Theme)	Tell Me My Name	03:19
Compilation	Eugene Robert - Back in Old B.C.	Songs of British Columbia	01:35
Dave Turner Quartet	Like Someone in Love	The Pulse Brothers	13:20
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Ob La Di	Trombone Rob	04:01
Zak	Roulette Russe	ST	04:05
Lee Gagnon	Poussiere d'etoile	Le Jazze	08:12
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Johnny Burt	Lullaby of Broadway	Johnny Burt's Arrangements for Five Trombones	02:19
Compilation	Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:28
Hot Club Edmonton	Dinah	ST	03:04
Big Rude Jake	Queer for Cat	ST	03:09
Doug Randle	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Russ Little	Peace	Footwork	02:50
Bill Badgley	Mesclado (MYXAPYKL)	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:10
Billy Martin	Mashed Potatoe Time	Billy's Dance Party	02:25
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Sheila Graham	Gentle On My Mind	ST	03:13
Lucio Agostini	Caprice Canadien	Action With Agostini	02:16
Cosimo Filane	This Is It!	The Foot b/w This Is It!	02:09
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Jazz Widow Waltz	Invisible Roots	05:31
Barry Townley Trio	Down on MacConnachie Square	On the Town	01:43
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Al Harris	Night & Day	Ampersand	01:29
Johnny Cowell	Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 3 (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:42
Tommy Banks Band	In the Mood	For Dancers Only	03:35
Bert Niosi with Johnny Burt Strings	Gentle Maiden	ST	02:55
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Midnight Sun	Clear Day	03:59
Pat Riccio	Stranger On The Shore	Stranger On the Shore	02:47
Jack Kane	The Alfern Song	Kane is Able	02:35
Johnny Cowell with the Laurie Bower Singers	Bridge Over Troubled Waters	Bridge Over Troubled Waters	03:06
Compilation	Tommy Ambrose - In The Words of a Lover	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	02:04
Gordie Fleming	Sunnyside Beach (Al Baculis, Rob Adams)	Gordie Fleming with Buddy DeFranco - Waterbed	05:01
The Brian Browne Trio	Shanty In Old Shanty Town	Listen, People!	02:56
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Am I Blue	And I Love Her	04:25
Lee Gagnon	Scene des guerriers	Jérémie Soundtrack	03:37
Jerry Toth Singers	Love Kept On	Let’s Go To The Country	03:10
Art Snider	Ode to Billy Joe	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	03:22
Paul Zaza	Marina Del Ray	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:30
Compilation	Tommy Banks Band - Better Get it In Your Soul	Pieces of Dreams	03:17
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
Jackie Richardson	Green Lies and Man	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:37
Shirley Eikhard	Shine Like the Sun	The Jazz Sessions	03:33
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	The Getaway	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:27
Marius Cultier	Sans chemise, sans pantalon	À la Place des Arts	03:31
Spitfire Band	Frenesi	ST	02:39
Zak	Yeah!	ST	05:29
Jimmy Namaro	The Moon is Low	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:14
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
P.J. Perry	Namely You	Worth Waiting For	04:37
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	How Insensitive	Montage	03:38
Jim Pirie	Rainbow Warrior	Love The World Away	03:47
Jimmy Dale	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Bobby Edwards	Soul Of The City	Twilight Drive	04:17
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Jim Pirie	Blues Fuse	Soulero: The Music of Today!	03:21
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Hagood Hardy	(Theme from) Second Wind	Maybe Tomorrow	02:58
Paul Bley	When Will The Blues Leave	Footloose	06:12

Jazz

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

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Bert Niosi with Johnny Burt Strings - ST

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Johnny Burt Society - In the Arms of Home b/w Until You Came Along

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Johnny Burt Society - ….Come Summer

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - ST

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Johnny Burt & His Orchestra - Halifax Instrumental

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Johnny Burt - Johnny Burt's Arrangements for Five Trombones

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Johnny Burt - The Big Band of Johnny Burt

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Johnny Burt - Strings of Johnny Burt

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Brent Saklofske - Ear Candy

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Ed Bickert - ST

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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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