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
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
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)
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
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
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics

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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