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
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
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)
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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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