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
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You

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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