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
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
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)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Fifth Avenue Threshold - The Hive Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada

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)*

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