The Toronto Jazz Scene

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
Bill Badgley Theme from "The Sand Pebbles" Blue-Ribbon Badgley
Lenny Breau Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart) Swingin' on a Seven-String
Guido Basso Tequila It's Happening
Joyce Sullivan Friendly Star The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Peter Appleyard Tico Tico ST
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
Bill Butler Manhattan Serenade Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Johnny Cowell Concerto For Trumpet And Orchestra In D Major- Mvmt 2 Allegro The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Moe Koffman Bei Mir Bist Du Schön Cool and Hot Sax
Lucio Agostini Night In Spain Action With Agostini
Bill Badgley Theme from the Sand Pebbles At the Ports of Call
The Laurie Bower Singers Out Here On My Own It Goes Like It Goes
Hagood Hardy Travellin' On The Homecoming
Johnny Cowell Anatomy of a Girl It's Gotta Be Love
Moe Koffman Sahara Tales of Koffman
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Guido Basso Too Late Now Love Talk
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Carol McCartney I Thought About You A Night in Tunisia
Guido Basso Anniversary Song It's Happening (re-issue)
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Do Something Nice Today!
Paul Zaza Sailing High Images
Guido Basso Give Her My Love It's Happening (re-issue)
Doug Randle You´d be so Nice to Come Home to (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
The Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Lucio Agostini Little Chinook (Fred Diehl) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Hagood Hardy I Feel It Stop 33 Sutton Place
Moe Koffman Mrs. Robinson Turned on
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Petite Waltz Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Rick Wilkins The Closer I Get To You For the Sake of Music
John Arpin The Chevy Chase (1914) Other Side Of Ragtime
Hagood Hardy Gary - A Remembrance As Time Goes By
Lucio Agostini Linstead Market Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Goodbye Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Joyce Sullivan Bill The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Invocation: Silver (A Prayer) Transformations - Invocations
Hagood Hardy As Time Goes By As Time Goes By
The Laurie Bower Singers Everything Old is New Again Looks Like We Made It
Peter Appleyard Alone Again, Naturally The Lincolnshire Poacher
Peter Appleyard Soulful Strut The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Moe Koffman General Delivery Cool and Hot Sax
Guido Basso Ten Little Indians It's Happening
Paul Zaza Marina Del Ray Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Yorkville Avenue Band Tonight "Moving Day"
Compilation Billy Van - Kiss The Wind 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Peter Appleyard Ben The Lincolnshire Poacher
Pat Riccio In To Miami (Barry) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Johnny Cowell Every Single Day The Tender Loving Care
Peter Appleyard Passion Eyes The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Ivy Steel God Bless the Child Reincarnation
The Laurie Bower Singers Rita, Put Your Black Shoes On Take Me Home Country Roads
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Black and Blue Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Teddy Roderman Make It With You Makin' It With You
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra September in the Rain Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist
Peter Appleyard If ST
Johnny Cowell Keep Yourself Together Hot Brass
Jimmy Dale Music To Watch Girls By Soft and Groovy
Johnny Cowell Theme from Zorba (Herb Alpert) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Rick Wilkins Emotion For the Sake of Music
Jimmy Namaro Beachcomber's Blues Driftwood
Eugene Amaro I Left My Heart In San Francisco The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)
The Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Jimmy Dale Night Song Soft and Groovy
Eugene Amaro Blame It On My Youth Warm
John Arpin Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Direct to Disc
Rick Wilkins Let Me be the One My Heart Belongs to Me
Ivy Steel Now or Never Reincarnation
Lucio Agostini Tororito (Lucio Aostini) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Denny Vaughan The Girl Next Door Girls I Knew
Lenny Breau Compared To What Minor's Aloud
Lucio Agostini Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Moe Koffman Francesca Cool and Hot Sax
Lucio Agostini Watch What Happens Cold Shoulder and Hot Brass
Don Gillis Beautiful Baby It's Alright (featuring Moe Koffman (Toronto Flutist))
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Dolly Medley (Herman) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Moe Koffman Cloud Nine The Shepherd Swings Again
Phil Nimmons Group Nimmons 'N' Nine - Watch Out for the Little People Strictly Nimmons
Guido Basso Cuminha Cruzado And All That Latin Jazz!
Ben McPeek Keyboard Grease Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease
Peter Appleyard 'S Wonderful The Vibe Sound Of
Jimmy Dale Triste Soft and Groovy
The Laurie Bower Singers Pretty Lady Look What They've Done to These Songs, Ma.....
Hagood Hardy Sonny's Ragtime Reflections
Ben McPeek Colonel Bogey The Original Sounds of
Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass All in the Family Toronto Instrumental
Denny Vaughan Medley : Heigh Ho / Whistle While You Work Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By
Jimmy Namaro Lazy Afternoon We Gotta Get It All Together
Jimmy Namaro Good Morning Annie Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Georgy Girl The Now Sound
Peter Appleyard Donald's Duck The Lincolnshire Poacher
Paul Zaza Maid of the Mist Images
Rick Wilkins Just The Way You Are For the Sake of Music
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Wave Do Something Nice Today!
John Arpin Laughter in the Rain Direct to Disc
Johnny Cowell Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Tommy Ambrose Time After Time Young Tommy Ambrose
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Transformations: 2nd movement Transformations - Invocations
The Laurie Bower Singers Minute To Minute When You Say Goodbye

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Girls I Knew

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Denny Vaughan - Denny Vaughan & His Orchestra

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → London, England, 🇬🇧 → New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦 → California, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ron Collier Tentet - ST

Coleman, Alberta → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joyce Sullivan - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - We Gotta Get It All Together

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Johnny Cowell - His Girl

Tillsonburg, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - ST

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - Bye Bye Baby

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ed Bickert - I Like To Recognize the Tune

Hochfeld, Manitoba→Vernon, British Columbia→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Toronto Scene

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - Toronto Instrumental

Montréal, Québec→Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Brian Browne Trio - The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

FEATURED

Yorkville Avenue Band - "Moving Day"

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ben McPeek - Thinking of You

Trail, British Columbia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Driftwood

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - At the Westbury

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - With Mallets A 4 Thought

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jimmy Namaro - Y' Gotta Quit Swingin' // We Could Make Such Beautiful Music

Columbus, Michigan, 🇺🇸 (or La Rosita, Mexico) → Hamilton, Ontario → Richmond, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - Motorcars In Concert 1970

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - One More for the Road

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - Lost in the Stars

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - A Lazy Afternoon (with Doug Riley)

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Guido Basso - And All That Latin Jazz!

Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Girls I Knew

Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (3)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (2)

Denny Vaughan And His Queen Elizabeth Hotel Orchestra – Music To Help Disc Jockeys Get People Out Of Bed By (1)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (4)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (3)

Denny Vaughn Girls I Knew (2)

Denny Piano circa 1949b

Denny Vaughn

Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada

ST

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

We Gotta Get It All Together

His Girl

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

Bickert, Ed

The Toronto Scene

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene BACK

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 02

Brian Browne Trio-The Toronto Scene LABEL 01

"Moving Day"

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" LABELS

Yorkville Avenue Band / "Moving Day" BACK

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