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
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Aztec 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)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall

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)*

Up 'Til Now

New Orchestra Quintet

New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now BACK

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