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
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
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
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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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