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
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
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)
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl

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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