The Vancouver Jazz Scene

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Cradled between mountains and ocean, Vancouver’s jazz scene flows with creativity, openness, and West Coast cool. This collection showcases the city’s rich musical tapestry—from smoky clubs in Gastown to avant-garde loft sessions and seaside festivals. Home to boundary-pushing improvisers, lyrical composers, and deep-pocket rhythm sections, The Vancouver Jazz Scene blends tradition with experimentation, reflecting the diverse spirit of the city itself. A soundtrack of rain, rhythm, and reinvention.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409

The Hockey Theme

Compilation

Looking Back

Bruce Tilden

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back CD

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back INSIDE

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back BACK

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back INLAY

Together Ensemble

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT BACK

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Lewis)*

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Lewis)*

Granger, Shirley (Shirley Lewis)*

Up 'Til Now

New Orchestra Quintet

New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now BACK

I Did It!...My Way

Lynne McNeil - I Did It My Way BACK

McNeil, Lynne

Swing Is In... Vol. II

Lynne and Stephanie - The Montage

McNeil, Lynne

McNeil, Lynne

Happy Faces

Robbins, Dave Band

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