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
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
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
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends

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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