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
Rick Wilkins Jazz Gavotte From Lush to Lively (with Oliver Jones)
Compilation On a Wonderful Day Like Today (arranged by Howard Cable) Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical
Rick Wilkins Even Now For the Sake of Music
Pete Schofield and the Canadians I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Paul Zaza Lake Louise Images
Carol McCartney Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye A Night in Tunisia
Pat Riccio Watermelon Man (Hancock) From CBC Toronto (split with Alexander Read and His Tin Pan Alley Cats (LM 08)
Lenny Breau Bluesette The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!
Compilation Phil Nimmons Quartet - Stompin' at the Savoy CBC Comp 409
Ed Bickert It Might As Well Be Spring I Like To Recognize the Tune
Compilation This Train Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?
Moe Koffman Soul Finger Turned on
Jimmy Dale Touch Her Soft Lips Profiles
Peter Appleyard Telephone Song The Lincolnshire Poacher
Teddy Roderman A Gliss to Build a Gleam On Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Mutual Understanding Sunshine Man Show Me Your Laughter/ Summer of '42 // Sunshine Man/ If You Say Goodbye
Hagood Hardy Juarez '62 Reflections
Tom Sealy Don Palmer Cohoon & Skip Beckwith Bianca Sailin' Home
Henry Cuesta The Things I Love Clarinet With Strings
Johnny Cowell The Eternal Flame Our Winter Love
Jimmy Namaro The Moon is Low featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra
Guido Basso Goofus It's Happening (re-issue)
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Song of the Tropics ST
Teddy Roderman Autumn Concerto Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones
Pete Schofield and the Canadians King of the Road The Old Meets the New
Jerry Toth Eye Level The Classic Jerry Toth
Jerry Toth Who Are You Now? .. Nicholas Fiore flute solo The Classic Jerry Toth
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' South Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Laurie Bower Singers Morning Has Broken Morning Has Broken
Ed Bickert Polkadots & Moonbeams I Like To Recognize the Tune
Jimmy Namaro Morrocco At the Westbury
Norman Amadio Trio Enchantment ST
Jimmy Davidson 'Trump' Memphis Blues (vocal by Trump Davidson) Jimmy Trump Davidson and His Dixieland Band with Guest Alexander "Ragtime" Read
Johnny Burt & His Orchestra Sleeping Beauty Waltz Trombone - Teddy Roderman
Doug Randle Alley Cat Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Squits Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64
Laurie Bower Singers Love and Maple Syrup (Gordon Lightfoot) Love and Maple Syrup b/w Everybody's Reachin' Out for Someone
Joyce Sullivan I Could Write a Book The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Moe Koffman Up, Up and Away Turned on
Jimmy Namaro Over the Rainbow Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra
Mutual Understanding Everybody Loves My Baby In Wonderland
Paul Hoffert Lover Man The Jazz Roots of
Mutual Understanding You Fascinate Me In Wonderland
Compilation Billy Van - Single Moments 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind
Paul Zaza Guitarra Espana Double Phase Guitar (with Ray Isaacs)
Hagood Hardy You and Me Against the World The Homecoming
Bill Butler Summertime The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler
Brian Browne Trio The Brian Browne Trio - Cast Your Fate The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)
Ivy Steel Now or Never Reincarnation
Bill Badgley Sand and Sea At the Ports of Call
Johnny Cowell Raphael Mendez - Virgin de la Macarena (arranged by Johnny Cowell) The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems
Moe Koffman You Are My Sunshine Moe's Curried Soul
Moe Koffman General Delivery Cool and Hot Sax
Rick Wilkins Weekend in New England My Heart Belongs to Me
Bill Badgley Gonna Fly Now - Theme From Rocky Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Moe Koffman If I Were a Carpenter Turned on
Laurie Bower Singers One More Love Story When You Say Goodbye
Doug Crosley Away from You (Babs Babineau, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Rick Wilkins Princess Leia's Theme (From Star Wars) For the Sake of Music
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)
John Arpin Dance in the Old Fashioned Way Direct to Disc
Paul Zaza Blue Porcelain Faces and Places
Paul Zaza Portrait of a Rose Faces and Places
Hagood Hardy When Joanne Loved Me Maybe Tomorrow
Johnny Cowell Ruby Begonia Hot Brass
Jimmy Dale Sun Goes By Toronto Instrumental
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Bill Badgley Amanda Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Rick Wilkins Neat! My Heart Belongs to Me
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Doug Randle Out of this World (Elan Stuart, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Blues Blow (Straight Ahead!) Now!
Bill Badgley Mesclado (MYXAPYKL) Gonna Fly Now: Theme From Rocky
Pete Schofield and the Canadians Summer Love Do Something Nice Today!
Joyce Sullivan Who Says There Ain't No Santa Claus The Songs of Joyce Sullivan
Moe Koffman Mein Shtetel Belz Tales of Koffman
Knights of the Round Flugel Walkin' On New Grass (Ray Pennington) Bye Bye Love
Bill Butler My Heart at thy Sweet Voice Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler
Doug Crosley Ever Haunted (Doug Crosley, vocals) Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)
Jackie Richardson Here's to Life Woman's View... Through Child Eyes
Peter Appleyard Get Happy The Vibe Sound Of
Laurie Bower Singers Southern Nights Looks Like We Made It
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ron Collier Orchestra & Duke Ellington Nameless Hour Duke Ellington: "North of the Border" in Canada
Russ Little Albert Flasher (Burton Cummings) Deeper and Deeper
Jerry Toth Peaceful The Twelve Sides Of
Ivy Steel Easy Living Reincarnation
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Eli's Coming (Laura Nyro) ST
John Arpin King Porter Stomp Concert In Ragtime
Guido Basso Jingle Bells Christmas Today
Guido Basso I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Jimmy McHugh) Lost in the Stars
Rick Wilkins Emotion For the Sake of Music
Tommy Ambrose That's the Way it Was Just Like a Man b/w That's the Way it Was
Pete Schofield & the Canadians with Tammy Rafferty I Feel the Earth Move Do Something Nice Today!
Jerry Toth Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady The Classic Jerry Toth
Hagood Hardy Samba de Orfeu Stop 33 Sutton Place
Hagood Hardy Jingle Bells The Christmas Album
Don Thompson 'D.T.' I Cried for You Bluesprint
Doug Randle Lonely Girl (Doug Crosley, vocalist) Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
John Arpin The Way We Were Direct to Disc

ST

Bye Bye Baby

I Like To Recognize the Tune

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

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

Thinking of You

Driftwood

We Gotta Get It All Together

Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra

Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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

At the Westbury

With Mallets A 4 Thought

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

Namaro, Jimmy

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 02

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together LABEL 01

Jimmy Namaro-We Gotta Keep it Together BACK

Motorcars In Concert 1970

One More for the Road

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