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
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)

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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