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
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
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 Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band

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

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