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
The Laurie Bower Singers	The Way I Want	Got a Feelin' for Love	02:28
Johnny Cowell	I Have the Pleasure	Hot Brass	02:09
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
John Arpin	The Chevy Chase (1914)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:10
John Arpin	Cabaret	Direct to Disc	02:28
Jimmy Namaro	Baia	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	03:04
The Mutual Understanding	Out of This World	In Wonderland	02:33
Pat Riccio	Michelle (Lennon-McCartney)	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:40
Lenny Breau	Don't Think Twice (It's All Right)	ST	06:36
Hagood Hardy	(Love theme from) Missouri breaks	Maybe Tomorrow	02:51
The Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Bill Badgley	Sand and Sea	At the Ports of Call	03:00
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	I Feel the Earth Move	Do Something Nice Today!	02:20
Johnny Cowell	Lonely Trumpet	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:11
Compilation	Lenny Solomon - Ol' Man River	Jazz Toronto	03:45
Hagood Hardy	Jennifer's Song	The Homecoming	02:45
John Arpin	Wild Cherries Rag (1908)	Other Side Of Ragtime	03:13
Phil Nimmons Group	Kicks	Nimmons 'N' Nine	00:29
Jimmy Dale	Bye Bye	Soft and Groovy	02:42
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David)	Now!	03:14
Peter Appleyard	We'll Never Know	The Vibraphone Of	02:14
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Dolly Medley (Herman)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	03:11
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Hideaway (Barbara Moore)	ST	02:25
Ron Collier Tentet	Lee's Lament	ST	02:36
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Live & Let Die	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:27
Jackie Richardson	Papa Can You Hear Me - Piece of the Sky	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	06:30
Moe Koffman	Anteater's Dance	Moe's Curried Soul	03:00
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Struttin' Your Stuff	Sailin' Home	03:45
Lucio Agostini	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Guido Basso	White Christmas	Christmas Today	02:33
Doug Randle	Why Did I Choose You? (Elan Stuart, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	04:11
Johnny Cowell	Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	04:15
Jimmy Namaro	What Is This Thing Called Love	At the Westbury	02:15
Peter Appleyard	Open the Gates of Love	Peter Appleyard Presents	04:00
Jackie Richardson	Too Beautiful to Know	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:56
Compilation	Lucio Agostini - St. Thomas	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:17
Norman Amadio Trio	Nica's Dream	ST	02:13
Johnny Cowell	You Made Me Love You (Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Paul Hoffert	With a Wiggle	The Jazz Roots of	06:29
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Knock Three Times	Do Something Nice Today!	02:32
Johnny Cowell	Marcella	It's Gotta Be Love	02:22
Peter Appleyard	'S Wonderful	The Vibe Sound Of	02:18
Jimmy Namaro	Nightingale	Driftwood	03:05
Teddy Roderman	It's Impossible	Makin' It With You	02:42
Denny Vaughan	Lucky Day (This Is My Lucky Day)	Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By	01:52
Compilation	Teach Me	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	02:37
Jimmy Namaro	I Got a Feelin' Your Foolin'	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:51
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	My Best Girl	+ Horn = Dixie	03:31
Carol McCartney	A Night in Tunisia	A Night in Tunisia	05:31
Johnny Cowell	Dreams Of A Lonely Man	His Girl	02:06
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Boogus	Take Your Clothes Off	CBC Comp 403 comp	02:49
Jimmy Namaro	Love For Sale	At the Westbury	04:02
Lenny Breau	King of the Road	Guitar Sounds From	02:29
Lenny Breau	Claude (Free Song)	ST	11:01
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
Johnny Cowell	A Season For My Love	His Girl	02:19
Guido Basso	Dale be There	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:25
Peter Appleyard	Undecided	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:24
John Arpin	Great Scott Rag	Concert In Ragtime	02:25
Bill Badgley	How Insensitive	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:47
Jimmy Namaro	Climax	We Gotta Get It All Together	03:24
Hagood Hardy & the Montage	Come Saturday Morning (Previn/Karlin)	ST	02:18
Dr. Music	Too High	Doug Riley Transcription	04:40
Ben McPeek	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Teddy Roderman	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Guido Basso	Ten Little Indians	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:07
The Brian Browne Trio	Browne Sugar	The Toronto Scene	02:50
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Dance of the Only Son	Sailin' Home	05:52
Jimmy Namaro	I Wanna Know	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:37
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Jerry Toth	But For Love	The Music Of	02:29
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass	Moon River	Toronto Instrumental	02:13
Ben McPeek	Imagine	Peace Train	02:59
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	01:33
Doug Crosley	Good Morning (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:59
Compilation	Bill Badgley - Walk On By	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:21
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Compilation	Manteca - Salsa Nova	Jazz Toronto	05:40
Hagood Hardy	Send in the Clowns	Maybe Tomorrow	03:30
Rick Wilkins	Jazz Gavotte	From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)	05:26
Teddy Roderman	Oops	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:42
Johnny Cowell	Don't Mention My Name	Hot Brass	01:56
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Down by the Old Mill Stream	The Old Meets the New	02:55
Jimmy Namaro	Man of La Mancha	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:04
Bill Badgley	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Lenny Breau	Music to Watch Girls By	Guitar Sounds From	04:29
Denny Vaughan	Three For Two	A Little Bit of "Country" and a Little Bit of "Pop"	01:51
Dr. Music	I Can See You	Doug Riley Transcription	05:34
Fred Stone	Maera	The Music of Fred Stone	04:21
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Canadian Sunset	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:36
Peter Appleyard	If	ST	03:29
Joyce Sullivan	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Johnny Cowell	Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 1 Adagio	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:45
Moe Koffman	Country Song	Moe's Curried Soul	03:30
Johnny Cowell	Siberian Love Song	Our Winter Love	02:45
Guido Basso	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Ben McPeek	When I'm 64	Thinking of You	02:45
Rick Wilkins	Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars)	For the Sake of Music	03:59
Compilation	Norma Locke - I Need You So	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:07

The Toronto Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

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