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 tapestryβ€”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 World On a String Pearl
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada

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)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (6)

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