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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson A Face Like Yours ST
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson You Are Too Beautiful ST
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Fifth Avenue Threshold - The Hive Urban Sprawl
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada

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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