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
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)

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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