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
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley 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
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
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
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers

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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