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
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
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
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
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
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST

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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