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
Denny Vaughan	Lonely Evening Time	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	03:13
Salome Bey	Revenge	Andy and the Bey Sisters	01:59
Nick Ayoub (avec Rosita & Dino)	Canadian Bossa Nova	Bossa Nova Jazz Samba	02:17
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Eric's Madness	Invisible Roots	04:51
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Ben McPeek	Gymnopedie (Erik's Theme)	Ben McPeek's Latest Fling at the Record Scene	02:19
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 2nd movement	Transformations - Invocations	07:39
Dave Woods Orchestra	I Won't Mention it Again	Dave Woods Brass - Countri-fied	02:27
Shirley Eikhard	End of the Day	End of the Day	04:20
Peter Appleyard	Georgia On My Mind (feat Jackie Richardson)	Sophisticated Ladies	06:32
Yorkville Avenue Band	Alexander's Ragtime Band	"Moving Day"	03:14
Jim Pirie	Joshua	Love The World Away	03:32
Gordie Fleming	Waterbed (Al Baculis, Rob Adams)	Gordie Fleming with Buddy DeFranco - Waterbed	07:54
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Compilation	Fred Napoli - On And On	Pieces of Dreams	04:13
Ed Bickert	You're Right As Rain	I Like To Recognize the Tune	02:54
Gordie Fleming	Lover Man	According to Gordie	02:35
Denny Vaughan	Wake Up	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:08
Compilation	Art Hallman And His Orchestra - Temptation	Swing Canada Volume 2 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1938-49	02:50
John Arpin	Sleepy Hollow Rag	Concert In Ragtime	03:18
Compilation	Bobby Gimby - Makin' Whoopee	Canadian Talent at Work	03:05
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Phil Nimmons Group	The Perfect Nanny	Mary Popppins Swings	04:06
Yorkville Avenue Band	Watcha' Gonna Do When the Rent Comes Round	"Moving Day"	03:31
Jerry Toth	Tara's Theme .. Erich Traugott trumpet solo	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:21
Pierre Leduc et son Quatuor	Modulation	ST	08:13
Ronn Metcalfe Orchestra	Twisting at the Woodchoppers Ball	Twisting At The Woodchoppers Ball b/w The Big Band Twist	02:30
Roger Gravel	Sur ta peau	ST	03:34
The Laurie Bower Singers	Minute To Minute	When You Say Goodbye	03:01
Al Baculis Singers	Je resterai tout seul (I'll be Alone)	Happy Together	02:31
Tommy Ambrose	Home To Stay	Sweet Times	03:25
Ginni Grant	Look at Me	CBC Comp 438 comp	02:40
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	When I Die (Kennedy-Smith)	The Sound of the Boss Brass	02:50
Hagood Hardy	Love of Life	Tell Me My Name	02:26
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Jazz Widow Waltz	Invisible Roots	05:31
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Paul Zaza	Warm Breezes	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:08
Meantime	Cruisin' the Hood	Welcome: Mother Earth	07:26
Johnny Cowell	To Love Somebody	The Tender Loving Care	02:37
Rick Wilkins	Holiday	Discovery	03:18
Wally Koster	Alone Together	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:01
Oscar Peterson Trio	Wheatland	Canadiana Suite	05:32
Moe Koffman	Battering Ram	Goes Electric	02:34
Daniel Matto Quintet	Love Her Madly	I'm Old Fashioned	02:32
Neil Chotem	Donne-Moi Ton Amour	Themes and Melodies Volume 1	02:34
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Unusuals	Where or When	ST (split with Davy Wells)	02:54
Eugene Amaro	Blame It On My Youth	Warm	03:04
Al Harris	Try a Little Tenderness	With the Rhythm Pals and Wally Traugott	03:09
Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)	Sometimes I'm Happy	At Home With Dorothy And Raymond	03:22
Ed Bickert	It’s Time	Bye Bye Baby	04:03
Compilation	Robert Farnon & The Canadian Band of the AEF - That's an Order from the Army (1945)	VE-Day Memories- Big Band Jazz Music of WW II in Canada	01:39
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Compilation	Stan Patton Orchestra - Castle On the Hill	Swing Canada Volume 1 Great Canadian Dance Bands 1937-48	03:35
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Baby Its Cold Outside	Missing Parts Featuring Jenny Moyle	03:15
Moe Koffman	Overture To Summer (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	06:03
Gentle Touch (2)	Bidin' My Time	Ampersand	01:30
Jackie Richardson	Stay With Me	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	04:07
Milan Kymlicka	Walking Girl	In the Evening	02:17
Eugene Amaro	Niños Del Sol	Eugene Amaro	04:53
Pat Riccio	Pieces of Eight	Pirates, Buccaneers & All That Jazz	02:39
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Teddy Roderman	Hard as I Try (Gene LacLellan)	Stay Awhile	02:11
Andi Bauer & his Orchestra	Feeling	It's Marvelous	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Gordie Fleming	I May be Wrong	According to Gordie	02:38
Eugene Amaro	Another Time	Warm	03:21
Vic Centro Sextet	East Of The Sun	ST	02:29
Compilation	The J.J.'s - Being a Woman	CBC Comp 426	02:25
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Don Baker	La Paloma	At the Paramount Theatre Organ	02:38
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Don Baker	Melody In F	At the Paramount Theatre Organ	02:48
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Terry Watada	3439 North Sheffield	Night's Disgrace	06:08
Graham Teear	What Now My Love	Songs With Orchestra	02:49
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Cool and Hot Sax	03:57
Ensemble Infini	Le sous-sol libre	Volume ∞	01:07
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Lenny Breau	My Funny Valentine	Guitar Sounds From	04:54
Johnny Burt	Skater's Waltz	Strings of Johnny Burt	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Hoedown	Action With Agostini	02:28
Jimmy Dale	Could it be Magic	Profiles	02:45
Johnny Cowell with the Laurie Bower Singers	Gentle as a Breeze	Bridge Over Troubled Waters	02:32
Compilation	George Sealy and His Orchestra - Moanin' At The Montmartre (1941)	Jazz and Hot Dance in Canada: 1916-1949	03:06
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Vinaroz	Halifax Instrumental	02:58
Jimmy Namaro	Moanin'	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:28
Eddie Graf & His Orchestra	Destino	And I Love Her	02:40
and Ron Johnston McDougall Oliver Gannon	Lee's Way	Three	02:48
Jimmy Namaro	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Pierre Leduc et son Quatuor	Emo	ST	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Spitfire Band	Near You	ST	02:59
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Dance of the Only Son	Sailin' Home	05:52
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04

Jazz

Tracks

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - Deep River

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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Dale Jacobs - Coastal Zone

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Billy Martin - The Mellow Sax Of John Scott

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Billy Martin - Billy's Dance Party

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

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

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Mary Lou Collins - ST

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Johnny Cowell - It's Gotta Be Love

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Terry Watada - Night's Disgrace

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Terry Watada - Saigon Dreaming

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Terry Watada - Yellow Fever

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

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Peter Appleyard - Sophisticated Ladies

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Peter Appleyard - Peter Appleyard Presents

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Peter Appleyard - Toronto Instrumental

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Peter Appleyard - The Lincolnshire Poacher

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Peter Appleyard - Vibraphone of Peter Appleyard

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibe Sound Of

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Peter Appleyard - Per-cus-sive Jazz

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Peter Appleyard - ST

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

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Dr. Music - Doug Riley Transcription

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Doug Riley - Freedom

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Doug Riley - Dreams

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Bruce Tilden - Looking Back

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The Hometown Band - Flying

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