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
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
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 Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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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