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 Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii 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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