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
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
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)
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp

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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