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 Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude 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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