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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags

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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