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 Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
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)
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends

Urban Sprawl

Fifth Avenue

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl CD

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INSIDE

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK2

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl BACK

CD-Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl INLAY BACK

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

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