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
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
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)
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

One of My Bags

Vancouver Instrumental

Beautiful Canada

I Did It!...My Way

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

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