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 Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
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 Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back

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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