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
Don Gillis	Baby It's Alright	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:10
Moe Koffman	Song for My Father	Turned on	02:54
Rick Wilkins	Emotion	For the Sake of Music	03:28
Ed Bickert	Girl Talk	I Like To Recognize the Tune	03:04
Johnny Cowell	Kornig - Garden Horn Gallop (arranged by Johnny Cowell)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	02:25
Jackie Richardson	If I Could Only Sleep	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:49
The Laurie Bower Singers	Something is Happening	Feelin'	02:16
Hagood Hardy	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Ben McPeek	That Old Black Magic	The Original Sounds of	02:50
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump'	Medley #1: Rose of Washington Square; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Sweet Georgia Brown (featuring Alexander "Ragtime" Read)	Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read	02:07
Wally Koster	My Funny Valentine	The Songs of Wally Koster	03:10
Peter Appleyard	You Put the Shine on Me	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:16
Henry Cuesta	The Promised Land	Plays Favourites	02:07
John Arpin	You are the Sunshine of My Life	Direct to Disc	02:58
Jerry Toth	Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:06
Don Gillis	Beautiful	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	02:26
Henry Cuesta	Me And You And A Dog Named Boo	Plays Favourites	01:48
Doug Randle	Colored Plastics	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:43
Don Thompson 'D.T.'	One Cylinder	Bluesprint	04:47
Lucio Agostini	Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:14
Bill Badgley	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Hagood Hardy	Will You Still be Mine?	Stop 33 Sutton Place	02:13
Wally Koster	Lost in the Stars	The Songs of Wally Koster	02:49
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty	Do Something Nice Today	Do Something Nice Today!	02:34
Jimmy Namaro	Over the Rainbow	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:28
Denny Vaughan	The Girl I Left Behind Me	Girls I Knew	03:02
Doug Randle	Nicolston Dam	Nicolston Dam b/w Do You Know That Fella (Is a Friend of Mine)	03:10
John Arpin	Kansas City Stomps	Other Side Of Ragtime	02:34
Denny Vaughan	A Very Precious Love	Girls I Knew	02:02
Peter Appleyard	Witchcraft	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:08
Hagood Hardy	Workin' In L.A.	As Time Goes By	04:00
Peter Appleyard	Spanish Pearls	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:07
Compilation	Billy Van - Kiss The Wind	1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind	03:18
Denny Vaughan	Je Reviens Chez-Nous	Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra	02:27
Moe Koffman	Anteater's Dance	Moe's Curried Soul	03:00
Lenny Breau	I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:37
Johnny Cowell	Marcella's Waltz	His Girl	02:10
Jimmy Namaro	Lara's Theme	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:20
Compilation	Pat LaBarbera - Virgo Dance	Jazz Toronto	06:30
Lucio Agostini	Coastin'	Action With Agostini	02:40
Jerry Toth	Moment of Love	The Classic Jerry Toth	03:01
Bill Badgley	If You Leave Me Now	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:09
Peter Appleyard	Dragnet	Per-cus-sive Jazz	03:11
Peter Appleyard	Old Dave	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:34
Norman Amadio Trio	You Do Something To Me	ST	01:39
The Laurie Bower Singers	Everything Old is New Again	Looks Like We Made It	02:26
Rick Wilkins	Sometimes When We Touch	For the Sake of Music	03:10
Paul Zaza	Spring Song	Faces and Places	02:13
Doug Crosley	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Moe Koffman	House of Green Lights	Tales of Koffman	03:00
Jackie Richardson	If I Could	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	03:28
Joyce Sullivan	Speak Low	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:17
Lenny Breau	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	02:17
Compilation	Phil Nimmons Quartet - There'll be Some Changes Made	CBC Comp 409	02:09
Tommy Ambrose	Just for a Thrill	Young Tommy Ambrose	03:10
Don Gillis	Lady Death	Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))	03:58
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Rick Wilkins	The Closer I Get To You	For the Sake of Music	03:23
The Mutual Understanding	I'm Old Fashioned	In Wonderland	02:31
Sanderlings	Love One Another (Trevor Jones)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:08
Lenny Breau	Mister Night	ST	04:45
The Laurie Bower Singers	I Think It's Gonna Rain on Me Today	Take Me Home Country Roads	03:29
Guido Basso	You're Nearer	One More for the Road	06:03
Peter Appleyard	Tico Tico	ST	02:25
Carol McCartney	No More Blues	A Night in Tunisia	05:05
The Laurie Bower Singers	Too Much Is On The Line	When You Say Goodbye	03:49
Hagood Hardy	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)	Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning) b/w I'll Take Love	03:06
The Laurie Bower Singers	A Love Song	Laurie Bower	03:13
Hagood Hardy	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Maybe Tomorrow	03:14
The Laurie Bower Singers	Rhumba Girl	It Goes Like It Goes	03:30
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	Where Are You	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	04:09
Doug Randle	Vive La Company	Songs for the New Industrial State	04:51
Bill Badgley	Sam	Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky	03:22
Paul Zaza	Expresso	Coasting (with Isaacs)	01:58
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Music To Watch Girls By	The Now Sound	01:59
Jackie Richardson	Please	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	00:15
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Phil Nimmons Group	On the Autobahn	Take 10	06:55
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra	I'll See You in My Dreams	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	02:05
Teddy Roderman	Beautiful Second Hand Man	Makin' It With You	02:34
Dr. Music	Too High	Doug Riley Transcription	04:40
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Too Late Now	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	05:59
Compilation	Catherine Mckinnon - Sable Island	CBC Comp 409	02:07
Johnny Cowell	Gymnopedie #3	The Virtuoso Trumpet	02:39
Peter Appleyard	Feelings	ST	03:29
Henry Cuesta	The Things I Love	Clarinet With Strings	02:43
Bill Butler	Theme from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:31
Wally Koster	Sunset Waltz	Alberta Trail b/w Sunset Waltz	03:46
Guido Basso	Ramblin'	It's Happening	02:16
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith	Blue Jade	Sailin' Home	04:12
Johnny Cowell	Playful Trumpets	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:19
John Arpin	Softly	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:39
Lenny Breau	But Beautiful	Mo' Breau	05:04
Johnny Cowell	The Eternal Flame	Our Winter Love	02:23
Jimmy Dale	Stranger in Paradise	Profiles	03:46
Pete Schofield and the Canadians	Wichita Lineman	The Now Sound	02:25
Johnny Cowell	Spring Rain	Our Winter Love	02:13
Eugene Amaro	What's Goin' On	Twilight Time	03:38
Pat Riccio	Matchmaker (Bock-Harnick) Doug Crosley: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	02:25
Doug Crosley	In the Forest (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:56

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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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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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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Russ Little - On the Shoulders of Giants

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Russ Little - Snapshot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - Montage

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - ST

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Ed Bickert - Out of the Past

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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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