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
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
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
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
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)
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags

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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