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
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
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)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker

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)*

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

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