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 The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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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