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
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	Sleepy Lagoon	Trombone - Teddy Roderman	02:58
Amaro, Eugene	People	The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)	02:43
Collier, Ron Tentet	The Days of Wine And Roses	ST	02:39
Cowell, Johnny	Song of Joy	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:07
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	Twooch	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	09:15
Butler, Bill	I'm Always Chasing Rainbows	Portrait of a Piano: The Exciting Sound of Bill Butler	02:54
Cowell, Johnny	Winds of Chance	Our Winter Love	01:47
Koffman, Moe	Flute Twist	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:10
Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra	September in the Rain	Reminiscing: Featuring Teddy Roderman, trombonist	03:16
Namaro, Jimmy	Lonely One	featured on Vibraphone, Marimba, and Piano With his Trio and String Orchestra	02:46
Compilation	Season of the Yonge	Toronto: What Other City Calls its Main Street Yonge?	03:07
Appleyard, Peter	Soulful Strut	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:53
Arpin, John	Leola	Concert In Ragtime	03:16
Schofield, Pete and the Canadians	I'll be Waiting	Yes It's Toronto with Karen Hendrix ‎	03:05
Cowell, Johnny	Carnival of Venice (A Tribute to Harry James)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	03:38
Roderman, Teddy	Up-Up and Away	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	01:40
Browne, Brian Trio	Baubles Bangles and Beads	The Toronto Scene	04:48
Namaro, Jimmy	Despertar	We Gotta Get It All Together	02:10
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Baby I'm a Want You	Montage	04:24
Steel, Ivy	Willow Weep for Me	Reincarnation	04:44
Breau, Lenny	No Greater Love	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	07:10
Dale, Jimmy	Music To Watch Girls By	Soft and Groovy	03:09
Laurie Bower Singers	Think I'll Write a Song	Back Home Again	02:34
Dale, Jimmy	Wave	Soft and Groovy	02:43
Hoffert, Paul	Lover Man	The Jazz Roots of	11:00
Amaro, Eugene	Last Time I Felt Like This	Warm	03:19
Appleyard, Peter	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Namaro, Jimmy	Sam For Short	At the Westbury	03:44
Cowell, Johnny	Stardust	The Virtuoso Trumpet	03:44
Agostini, Lucio	Up, Up and a Bull	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:22
Laurie Bower Singers	Tell No Lies	You	03:31
Bostic, Cal	Excessive Love	Introducing	03:33
Randle, Doug	Song for the Middle Aged	Songs for the New Industrial State	03:06
Cuesta, Henry	Proud Mary	Plays Favourites	02:47
Badgley, Bill	Music to Watch the Girls By	At the Ports of Call	02:30
Amadio, Norman Trio	Enchantment	ST	02:28
Breau, Lenny	I Remember Hank	Mo' Breau	05:18
Hoffert, Paul	Growing Up	The Jazz Roots of	05:13
Namaro, Jimmy	Hammering Home	With Mallets A 4 Thought	02:41
Koffman, Moe	Jeannine	Tales of Koffman	05:27
Cuesta, Henry	Royal Garden Blues	Plays Favourites	02:56
Agostini, Lucio	Linstead Market	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:01
Appleyard, Peter	Moonlight Feels Right	ST	02:55
Appleyard, Peter	Passion Eyes	The Many Moods Of (AKA Polished Appleyard)	02:59
Breau, Lenny	Bonaparte's Retreat (King & Stewart)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:02
Agostini, Lucio	Taboo	Mucho Lucio: Latin American Music Arranged And Conducted by Lucio Agostini	02:15
Koffman, Moe	When the Saints Go Marching In	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:11
Compilation	Brian Hughes - The Bridge	Jazz Toronto	04:58
Arpin, John	Tickled to Death	Concert In Ragtime	01:57
2B3	Doug Riley, Bill Payne - Drown in My Own Tears	The Toronto Sessions	03:41
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Nica's Dream (Horace Silver)	ST	03:03
2B3	Michael Fonfara, Lance Anderson - Magic Carpet Ride	The Toronto Sessions	06:38
Koffman, Moe	Windy	Turned on	02:35
Metalunas	Ballistic Bikini	X-Minus-One	05:08
Claman, Dolores, Richard Morris & Jerry Toth	St. Lawrence Centre Song	St. Lawrence Centre Song	03:41
Agostini, Lucio	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Sanderlings	Come Saturday Morning (Dory Previn & Fred Karlin)	With The Jim Pirie Orchestra	03:00
Appleyard, Peter	Mack The Knife	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:36
Hardy, Hagood & the Montage	Won't You Step Into My Life	Montage	02:27
Graf, Eddie & His Orchestra	Summer Wind	And I Love Her	02:50
Roderman, Teddy	The Happening	Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones	02:21
Cuesta, Henry	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Clarinet With Strings	02:08
Namaro, Jimmy	Pubba and The Puddy	Marimba, Xylophone and Piano with Orchestra	02:12
Laurie Bower Singers	Key Largo	Laurie Bower	03:22
Badgley, Bill	Georgy Girl	Blue-Ribbon Badgley	01:59
Koffman, Moe	Lord Have Mercy	Goes Electric	02:24
Wilkins, Rick	Without Your Love	Discovery	03:18
Bostic, Cal	Georgie Girl	Introducing	01:56
Nimmons, Phil Group	Feed the Birds (Tuppence a Bag)	Mary Popppins Swings	05:29
Namaro, Jimmy	Nightingale	We Gotta Get It All Together	04:24
Appleyard, Peter	Who Needs It	Peter Appleyard Presents	03:11
2B3	Rob Gusevs, Michael Fonfara - Apricot Brandy	The Toronto Sessions	03:48
Laurie Bower Singers	Why Is Forever Taking So Long	When You Say Goodbye	03:02
Koffman, Moe	Flute Salad	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:38
Cowell, Johnny	Marcella's Waltz (Valse Brilliante)	The Art Of Johnny Cowell: Virtuoso Trumpet Gems	05:30
Crosley, Doug	Hogtown (Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	03:00
Crosley, Doug	Centre Island (Babs Babineau and Doug Crosley, vocals)	Toronto Souvenir: The Colourful Music of Helen Laird (with Babs Babineau and Pat Riccio)	02:54
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six	One for Mr. 'B'	Vintage Nimmons 'N' Nine: CBC Air Checks '59-'64	06:43
Compilation	Meditation (arranged by Ray Sikora)	Fall In: A Fun Fashion Musical	04:29
Koffman, Moe	Twist That Thing	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:05
Wilkins, Rick	Just The Way You Are	For the Sake of Music	04:05
Browne, Brian Trio	The Brian Browne Trio - Time After Time	The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)	03:04
Laurie Bower Singers	Cotton Jenny	Morning Has Broken	02:38
Koffman, Moe	Marty's Morgue	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:33
Hardy, Hagood	Winter Time	The Christmas Album	02:19
Steel, Ivy	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	Reincarnation	03:28
Appleyard, Peter	Where is the Love	The Lincolnshire Poacher	02:17
Breau, Lenny	That's All	The Velvet Touch Of Lenny Breau-Live!	05:53
Koffman, Moe	Twist the Hully Gully	Moe Koffman the Swinging Shepherd Plays for Teens	02:08
McConnell, Rob and the Boss Brass	All in the Family	Toronto Instrumental	02:34
Richardson, Jackie	You've Got to Give Me Room	Woman's View... Through Child Eyes	05:31
Butler, Bill	Summertime	The Piano Stylings of Bill Butler	02:25
Compilation	Ted Komar - Kalinka	CBC Comp 409	01:58
Nimmons, Phil Group	Steve's Theme	Take 10	03:27
Appleyard, Peter	Why Don't You Do Right	Per-cus-sive Jazz	02:35
Cowell, Johnny	Like No Other Girl	It's Gotta Be Love	02:21
Agostini, Lucio	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Breau, Lenny	Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain (Fred Rose)	Swingin' on a Seven-String	03:18
Koffman, Moe	Cloud Nine	The Shepherd Swings Again	03:27
Breau, Lenny	Scrapple From The Apple	Minor's Aloud	07:12

The Toronto Jazz Scene

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Laurie Bower Singers - Morning Has Broken

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Laurie Bower Singers - When You Say Goodbye

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Dale, Jimmy - Profiles

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Namaro, Jimmy - With Mallets A 4 Thought

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Namaro, Jimmy - Plays Middle Road Jazz at the Westbury

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Crosley, Doug - With Lucio Agostini and his Orchestra

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Roderman, Teddy - Stay Awhile

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Appleyard, Peter - The Lincolnshire Poacher

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Sullivan, Joyce - The Songs of Joyce Sullivan

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Little, Russ - Deeper and Deeper

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Dale, Jimmy - Toronto Instrumental

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Laurie Bower Singers - Danielle b/w What is Christmas

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - ST

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Randle, Doug - Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)

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Cowell, Johnny - His Girl

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Cuesta, Henry - Clarinet With Strings

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Burt, Johnny & His Orchestra - Trombone - Teddy Roderman

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Claman, Dolores, Richard Morris & Jerry Toth - St. Lawrence Centre Song

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Amaro, Eugene - The Tenor Saxaphone of Eugene Amaro (re-issue)

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Ambrose, Tommy - Young Tommy Ambrose

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Roderman, Teddy - Teddy Roderman's 6 Trombones

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Toth, Jerry - The Twelve Sides Of

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Toth, Jerry - The Classic Jerry Toth

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Laurie Bower Singers - Back Home Again

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Laurie Bower Singers - Wish I Was A Plane

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Amadio, Norman Trio - ST

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Laurie Bower Singers - Got a Feelin' for Love

Compilation - Jazz Toronto

Compilation - 1967 CBC Song Market featuring Kiss The Wind

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Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six - Now!

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