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
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
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)
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group

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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