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
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
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)
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles

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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