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
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
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 Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST

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

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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