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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
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)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home 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)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me 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
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group

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

New Orchestra Quintet

New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now BACK

I Did It!...My Way

Lynne McNeil - I Did It My Way BACK

McNeil, Lynne

Swing Is In... Vol. II

Lynne and Stephanie - The Montage

McNeil, Lynne

McNeil, Lynne

Happy Faces

Robbins, Dave Band

ST

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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