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
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
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
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song

One of My Bags

Vancouver Instrumental

Beautiful Canada

I Did It!...My Way

Urban Sprawl

Fifth Avenue

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl CD

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INSIDE

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK2

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INLAY BACK

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

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