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
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
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
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
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)
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band

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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