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	Length
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Hagood Hardy	Just the Way You Are	Reflections	04:01
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:19
Ben McPeek	Silent Cinema	Thinking of You	02:08
Ben McPeek	Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:31
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Herb Marshall	Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis)	Toronto Vocalist	01:53
Lucio Agostini	Guadalajara	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	01:37
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Rick Wilkins	The Way You Look Tonight	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:33
Paul Zaza	Sailing By	Coasting (with Isaacs)	02:34
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	View from Paddy's Head	Sailin' Home	03:10
Compilation	One of Those Songs (arranged by Howard Cable)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	02:17
Ed Bickert	A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing	Bye Bye Baby	05:32
Jimmy Dale	Norwegian Wood	Soft and Groovy	03:17
Kathryn Moses	Midnight	ST	08:32
Denny Vaughan	I Love You Because	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:41
Guido Basso	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Jimmy Namaro	This Could be the Start of Something Big	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:40
Peter Appleyard	Ben	The Lincolnshire Poacher	03:17
Peter Appleyard	Mercy, Mercy, Mercy	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Compilation	Indian Summer City	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:25
Lucio Agostini	Golden Earrings	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:51
Lenny Breau	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Doug Riley	Shoot	Freedom	08:56
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Hi-Lili Hi-Lo	Girls I Knew	02:25
Jimmy Namaro	Bossa Nova Para Que Jaime	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:33
Guido Basso	What A Friend	It's Happening	02:31
Lucio Agostini	A Banda	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	01:48
Carol McCartney	The Shadow of Your Smile	A Night in Tunisia	05:38
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	A Brand New Scene	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	02:53
Compilation	Roy Patterson - Inland Passages Suite: Part II: The Road Song	Jazz Toronto	04:19
Moe Koffman	Snowflakes (Largo)	The Four Seasons	02:02
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:58
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Voices of Spring	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:09
Rick Wilkins	Swinging On a Star	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:57
Henry Cuesta	Lonely is the Name	Clarinet With Strings	03:00
Phil Nimmons Group	Band Call	Take 10	04:54
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Paul Zaza	Maid of the Mist	Images	02:58
Paul Zaza	Fandango	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ace in the Hole	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
The Mutual Understanding	Sunshine Man	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	02:05
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - She's Like the Swallow	CBC Comp 409	03:25
Peter Appleyard	Crazy Rhythm	The Vibe Sound Of	02:36
Jimmy Namaro	African Echoes	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:09
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rhumba Girl	It Goes Like It Goes	03:30
Moe Koffman	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
Denny Vaughan	Northern Dancer	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:43
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Jerry Toth	The Last Rhapsody	The Classic Jerry Toth	02:43
Yorkville Avenue Band	St. Louis Blues	"Moving Day"	03:13
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Adios Muchachos	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:59
Ben McPeek	Fascinating Rhythm	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:05
Moe Koffman	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	Just You, Just Me (vocals Dianne Brooks)	Bluesprint	05:45
Moe Koffman	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There is No Greater Love	CBC Comp 409	02:50
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Blues for Someone Else	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	When I Need You	Looks Like We Made It	03:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	Mississippi	Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....	03:00
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	The Vibraphone Of	02:31
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Do Something Nice Today!	02:25
Lucio Agostini	Tuxedo Junction Cha Cha	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:27
Phil Nimmons Group	Squeeze Play	Take 10	03:58
Compilation	Billy Van - Single Moments	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:28
Rick Wilkins	Someone I Used to Love	Discovery	03:31
Peter Appleyard	Flamingo	The Vibraphone Of	02:36
Norman Amadio Trio	Taboo	ST	02:55
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Peter Appleyard	The Man With The Golden Arm	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:39
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Watermelon Man	The Now Sound	03:03
Lenny Breau	Cold, Cold Heart	Guitar Sounds From	04:44
Lucio Agostini	Caramba (Lucio Agostini)	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
Bill Badgley	Aubrey	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	02:34
Doug Crosley	Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:44
Tony Quarrington	Roundabout	One Bright Morning	08:34
Paul Zaza	High Spirits	Faces and Places	02:30
Teddy Roderman	Mississippi	Stay Awhile	02:09
Rick Wilkins	Len's Den	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	04:33
The Laurie Bower Singers	Take The Long Way Home	When You Say Goodbye	04:07
Denny Vaughan	Have You Ever Been Lonely?	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:49
Moe Koffman	The Swingin' Shepherd Blues	Goes Electric	02:51
Ed Bickert	Ed Bickert - Windows	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:35
Norman Amadio Trio	Blues For Yna Yna	ST	02:31
Ed Bickert	I'll Follow the Sun	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:07
Tommy Ambrose	Just Like a Man	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	03:23
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Mirage	ST	03:56
John Arpin	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington	Collage #3	Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada	02:51
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Denny Vaughan	Theme from "The Killer of Kildonan"	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	02:53

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Tony Quarrington - One Bright Morning

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

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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 - Yellow Fever

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Peter Appleyard - The Vibraphone Of

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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 - 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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Rick Wilkins - My Heart Belongs to Me

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Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

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Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

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Denny Vaughan - A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"

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Denny Vaughan - Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

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Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

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Ron Collier Tentet - ST

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Ed Bickert - The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

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Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Johnny Cowell - His Girl

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Ed Bickert - ST

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Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

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Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

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The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

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