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
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
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)
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker

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

ST

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