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
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall

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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