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
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver

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

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)*

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