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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Agostini, Lucio	Fiddler's Frolic	Action With Agostini	02:42
Bickert, Ed	Ed Bickert - The Dreamer	The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)	02:50
Agostini, Lucio	Brazil	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:32
Agostini, Lucio	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Basso, Guido	Nightcap	It's Happening (re-issue)	02:15
Toth, Jerry	Theme From "Search"	The Twelve Sides Of	02:24
Cuesta, Henry	Glamorous Night	Clarinet With Strings	02:22
Agostini, Lucio	Tororito (Lucio Aostini)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:11
Koffman, Moe	Sunshine Superman	Moe's Curried Soul	04:51
Laurie Bower Singers	Love to the People	Looks Like We Made It	02:58
Appleyard, Peter	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	The Vibe Sound Of	02:51
Compilation	Episode 7-Oh!	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	04:19
McPeek, Ben	Talk It Over In The Morning	Peace Train	02:21
Browne, Brian Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:02
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Eleanor Rigby	Do Something Nice Today!	02:44
Namaro, Jimmy	Chi Chi Cha Cha Cha	Driftwood	02:54
Appleyard, Peter	Wichita Lineman	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:43
McPeek, Ben	Happy Talk	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:13
Badgley, Bill	June	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:26
Agostini, Lucio	Tutti Flutti	Action With Agostini	02:42
Zaza, Paul	Blue Porcelain	Faces and Places	02:18
Hardy, Hagood	Harlequin (A Time for Love)	Reflections	03:13
McPeek, Ben	Get Out of Town	His Voices and His Orchestra	02:33
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Sign of the Times	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:39
Koffman, Moe	Doxy	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:44
Mutual Understanding	Everybody Loves My Baby	In Wonderland	01:55
Toth, Jerry	Say Goodbye To Your Cash	The Twelve Sides Of	02:47
Compilation	Ben McPeek - Kapuskasing Kaper	Motorcars In Concert 1970	02:57
Appleyard, Peter	Moon Glow	The Vibe Sound Of	02:59
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Canada (A Centennial Song)	It’s a Sign of the Times	02:15
Breau, Lenny	Spanjazz	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:14
Agostini, Lucio	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Arpin, John	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Direct to Disc	02:57
Amadio, Norman Trio	The Very Thought of You	ST	03:07
Koffman, Moe	Le Reveil (Largo)	The Four Seasons	04:43
Yorkville Avenue Band	Takin' Me Through the Night	"Moving Day"	03:31
Badgley, Bill	Wednesday's Child	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	02:51
Breau, Lenny	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	04:25
Mutual Understanding	Pretty People	In Wonderland	02:59
Toth, Jerry	Make Me Rainbows	The Music Of	02:29
Appleyard, Peter	Sophisticated Lady	ST	02:42
Cowell, Johnny	Lonely Girl	Our Winter Love	01:46
Nimmons, Phil Group	Fascinating Rhythm	Nimmons 'N' Nine	08:12
Toth, Jerry	"Odd Couple" Theme	The Music Of	02:46
Namaro, Jimmy	Afro-Rock	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:42
Zaza, Paul	For Julia	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	03:22
Agostini, Lucio	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Laurie Bower Singers	Lay it On Me	Take Me Home Country Roads	02:06
Breau, Lenny	No Greater Love	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	07:10
McCartney, Carol	Jersey Bounce	A Night in Tunisia	04:40
Koffman, Moe	The Mighty Quinn	Turned on	02:01
Steel, Ivy	God Bless the Child	Reincarnation	04:58
Zaza, Paul	Sevillianas	Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)	01:13
Agostini, Lucio	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
McPeek, Ben	Shopping Spree	His Voices and His Orchestra	03:06
Namaro, Jimmy	Sonny’s Daze	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	03:33
Zaza, Paul	Flight to the Sun	Faces and Places	04:06
Cowell, Johnny	Don't Look Back	It's Gotta Be Love	02:04
Marshall, Herb	Make it With You (David Gates - Bread)	Toronto Vocalist	01:48
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	Wave	Do Something Nice Today!	02:47
Hardy, Hagood	Quorum	The Homecoming	04:14
Sullivan, Joyce	I'll Give My Love an Apple	The Songs of Joyce Sullivan	03:19
Crosley, Doug	Pisces Child (Dolores Claman)	With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra	02:32
Appleyard, Peter	Alone Again, Naturally	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:58
Laurie Bower Singers	Shadow Song	Wish I Was A Plane	03:14
Namaro, Jimmy	He-Wat’s Happening? (What’s Happening)	Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury	02:56
Read, Alex & His Tin Pan Alley Cats	Rag Medley (Rogers)	From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)	02:00
Ambrose, Tommy	Time After Time	Young Tommy Ambrose	02:05
Compilation	Dave Young & Oscar Peterson - OP&D	Jazz Toronto	05:45
Amaro, Eugene	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Appleyard, Peter	The P.E.I. Polka	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:31
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	+ Horn = Dixie	04:22
Swing Sisters	Davenport Blues	Davenport Blues	03:20
Amadio, Norman Trio	Frenesi	ST	02:05
Appleyard, Peter	Swinging Shepherd Blues	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:35
Appleyard, Peter	Satin Doll	The Vibe Sound Of	02:41
Hardy, Hagood	Christmas Waltz	The Christmas Album	02:58
Basso, Guido	Trust in Me	And All That Latin Jazz!	02:35
Dale, Jimmy	Sun Goes By	Toronto Instrumental	03:21
Cowell, Johnny	Flight of the Bumblebee (Wynton Marsalis)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	01:12
Koffman, Moe	Growing Up	Tales of Koffman	03:30
Laurie Bower Singers	Crooked Mile	Wish I Was A Plane	02:43
Collier, Ron Tentet	I Believe In You	ST	02:59
Stone, Fred	Troika	The Music of Fred Stone	06:23
Dale, Jimmy	All By Myself	Profiles	03:41
Davidson, Jimmy 'Trump'	Wise Guys	+ Horn = Dixie	03:09
Koffman, Moe	Walk Away Renee	Turned on	02:27
Wilkins, Rick	Together	My Heart Belongs to Me	02:59
Arpin, John	Cotton Jenny	Love and Maple Syrup: John Arpin Plays Lightfoot	02:14
Koffman, Moe	Shimmy Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:07
Agostini, Lucio	Carey (Joni Mitchell)	Toronto Composer / Arranger	02:18
Breau, Lenny	Lone Pine	Mo' Breau	03:08
Randle, Doug	Once Upon a Time (Doug Crosley, vocalist)	Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists	03:49
Wilkins, Rick	How Deep Is Your Love	For the Sake of Music	02:50
Cowell, Johnny	Anatomy of a Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:18
Basso, Guido	I Go to Rio	And All That Latin Jazz!	03:18
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Breezin' Along With the Breeze	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	01:50
Riccio, Pat	Sympatico (Mascheroni-Engvick) Babs Babineau: vocals	From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)	03:10
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Bess You is My Woman	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	03:19
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Breau, Lenny - ST

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Namaro, Jimmy - We Gotta Get It All Together

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Badgley, Bill - Blue-Ribbon Badgley

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Badgley, Bill - At the Ports of Call

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Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Collier, Ron Tentet - ST

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Amaro, Eugene - Warm

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Agostini, Lucio - Action With Agostini

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Schofield, Pete and the Canadians - It’s a Sign of the Times

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Laurie Bower Singers - You

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Hardy, Hagood & the Montage - ST

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Wilkins, Rick - From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)

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McPeek, Ben - Only God Knows b/w Keyboard Grease

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Hardy, Hagood - As Time Goes By

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Sanderlings - With The Jim Pirie Orchestra

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Hoffert, Paul - The Jazz Roots of

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Zaza, Paul - Faces and Places

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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McPeek, Ben - The Original Sounds of

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Laurie Bower Singers - Take Me Home Country Roads

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64

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Bickert, Ed - ST

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Basso, Guido - Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

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Randle, Doug - Songs for the New Industrial State

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Richardson, Jackie - Woman's View... Through Child Eyes

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Breau, Lenny - Minor's Aloud

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Basso, Guido - It's Happening (re-issue)

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