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 The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
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 Sudden Sam ST
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
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)
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now

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

New Orchestra Quintet

New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now BACK

I Did It!...My Way

Lynne McNeil - I Did It My Way BACK

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