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 What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
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
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing 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)
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds

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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