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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental

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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