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
Denny Vaughan	Three For Two	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:51
Doug Randle	The Doug Randle Orchestra - Fanny	Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)	02:32
Jerry Toth	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears	The Toronto Sessions	03:41
Sanderlings	Dreams & Wishes (Bob Ruzicka)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:01
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll Follow My Secret Heart	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:18
Peter Appleyard	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Glenn's Tunes (Medley: Chatanooga Choo Choo - Elmer's Tune - Tuxedo Junction)	Do Something Nice Today!	04:23
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Flamenco	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	02:23
Ron Collier Tentet	Fair Wind	ST	02:49
Jackie Richardson	Thank You Lord	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:40
Ivy Steel	Travelling Light	Reincarnation	03:59
Jimmy Namaro	September Song	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:54
Jerry Toth	Tell Me Now	The Music Of	02:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Wedding Cake	Feelin'	02:21
Guido Basso	If I Let You Go	Love Talk	02:54
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
Teddy Roderman	A Gliss to Build a Gleam On	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:55
Peter Appleyard	Conversation	Toronto Instrumental	02:04
Moe Koffman	High Heeled Sneakers	Moe's Curried Soul	03:49
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I Lived in a Dream	Halifax Instrumental	03:01
Jimmy Dale	Never Gonna Fall In Love Again	Profiles	03:29
Doug Riley	Jazz Etude	Freedom	00:56
Jimmy Dale	Guanabara	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Peter Appleyard	You Put the Shine on Me	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:16
The Brian Browne Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Travelling Down to Make it Town (Doug Riley)	ST	02:17
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Maxwell’s Silver Hammer	Original Toronto Dixieland Band	02:46
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Johnny Cowell	For What it's Worth	It's Gotta Be Love	02:35
Tommy Ambrose	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:48
Lenny Breau	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
2B3	Denis Keldie, Richard Bell - King Harvest	The Toronto Sessions	03:50
Peter Appleyard	Tenderly	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:01
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Ballin' the Jack	+ Horn = Dixie	03:37
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
John Arpin	Meadowlark Rag (1916)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:03
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Sing	Do Something Nice Today!	02:39
Moe Koffman	Sure It Is	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:37
Ben McPeek	Leave Tenderly	Thinking of You	02:34
Yorkville Avenue Band	Do it Again	"Moving Day"	03:27
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	All in the Family	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	I Told You So	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	07:28
Henry Cuesta	Rose Garden	Plays Favourites	02:12
John Arpin	I Can't Depend On Love	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	03:07
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - It Ain't Necessarily So	CBC Comp 409	02:49
Norman Amadio Trio	Oh Lady Be Good	ST	02:49
Peter Appleyard	Happiness is a Thing Called Joe	The Vibraphone Of	02:59
Moe Koffman	Jazz Merengue	Tales of Koffman	03:45
Doug Randle	Martin of Her Mind	Songs for the New Industrial State	05:01
Lucio Agostini	Centipediantics	Action With Agostini	02:53
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Paul Zaza	Fiesta Romantica	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	04:35
Johnny Cowell	Satchmo (Louis Armstrong)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:44
The Laurie Bower Singers	Hold On to a Little Bit of Love	Morning Has Broken	02:18
Carol McCartney	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Jerry Toth	Little Boy Blue	The Twelve Sides Of	02:33
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Transformations: 1st movement	Transformations - Invocations	08:32
Lenny Breau	Marlborough Street	Mo' Breau	02:06
Eugene Amaro	Ruby	Warm	03:08
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:18
Rick Wilkins	Quiescence	For the Sake of Music	02:59
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
Hagood Hardy	When Joanne Loved Me	Maybe Tomorrow	03:49
Johnny Cowell	Darling Mama	His Girl	02:22
Teddy Roderman	Animal Crackers in My Soup	Makin' It With You	02:04
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
The Laurie Bower Singers	Penny Lane	Feelin'	02:56
The Mutual Understanding	If You Say Goodbye	Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye	03:45
Hagood Hardy	Joy to the World	The Christmas Album	03:03
The Laurie Bower Singers	Happy Dreamer	Wish I Was A Plane	03:36
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Denny Vaughan	Good Morning Starshine	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:53
Tommy Ambrose	That's the Way it Was	Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was	02:46
Lucio Agostini	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Up, Up & Away	The Now Sound	03:01
Terry Watada	Rose of St. Urbain	Night's Disgrace	04:33
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Wang Wang Blues	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:42
Lucio Agostini	The Girls of Spain	Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass	02:28
Phil Nimmons Group	Blue Lou	Nimmons 'N' Nine	03:28
Moe Koffman	Overture To Spring (Allegro)	The Four Seasons	03:49
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Rick Wilkins	Amarillo	My Heart Belongs to Me	03:21
Henry Cuesta	At a Georgia Camp Meeting	Clarinet With Strings	02:15
Phil Nimmons Group	Nimmons 'N' Nine Plus Six - One More for Baby	Strictly Nimmons	03:50
Johnny Cowell	Ruby Begonia	Hot Brass	02:24
Jimmy Dale	All By Myself	Profiles	03:41
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Jimmy Namaro	Laura	With Mallets A 4 Thought	03:52
Peter Appleyard	Peter Gunn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:57
Ed Bickert	You’re In Love With Someone	Bye Bye Baby	04:21
The Laurie Bower Singers	Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot)	Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone	02:54
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Hagood Hardy	When the First Snow Falls	The Christmas Album	04:15
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Cape St Marys	CBC Comp 409	03:05
Johnny Cowell	Keep Yourself Together	Hot Brass	02:07
Guido Basso	Give Her My Love	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:27
Peter Appleyard	Mambo Inn	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:25

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

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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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