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
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp

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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