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
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Who Can I Turn To ST
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
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)
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

ST

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson / ST LABELS

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson / ST BACK

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)*

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