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
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
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)
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental

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

ST

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