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 Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
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
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
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Fifth Avenue Urban Sprawl Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson What is This Thing Called Love ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Bruce Tilden Dumferline 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)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl

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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