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
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place

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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