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 Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
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)
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble

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

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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