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 Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
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)
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver

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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