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
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
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)
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place

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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