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 I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
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
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
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)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz 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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