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
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together 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 Funlickity One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fifth Avenue Urban Sprawl Urban Sprawl
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Please be Kind ST
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
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)
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
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 Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Alone Together ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
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

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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