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 Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
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
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
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
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up (The One I Love) Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental

Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

Amist the Black Eyes

45-Shirley Granger - Givin Up the One I Love VINYL 02

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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