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
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
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)
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
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)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces

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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