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
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson A Face Like Yours ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
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)
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Who Can I Turn To ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)

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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