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
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
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)
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back

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

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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