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
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
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)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)

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

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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