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
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST

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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