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
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
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 Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada

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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