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 Sailing Just a Song
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home

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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