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 June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
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)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
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
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You

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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