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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
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)
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver

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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