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 You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt Old Yale 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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