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
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
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)
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's

Classics

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

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