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
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver

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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