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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver

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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