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
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
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
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
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)
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song 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)
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada

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)*

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

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