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
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
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)
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's

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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