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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson A Face Like Yours ST
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Fifth Avenue Urban Sprawl Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver

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

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)*

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