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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
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
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
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)
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Fifth Avenue Threshold - The Hive Urban Sprawl
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver

One of My Bags

Vancouver Instrumental

Beautiful Canada

I Did It!...My Way

Urban Sprawl

Fifth Avenue

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl CD

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INSIDE

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK2

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INLAY BACK

Classics

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)*

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