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
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
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
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags

Classics

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

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