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
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
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)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You

Urban Sprawl

Fifth Avenue

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl CD

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INSIDE

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK2

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INLAY BACK

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

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