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 String of Pearls ST
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright 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.)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST

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

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