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
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Who Can I Turn To ST
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson You Are Too Beautiful ST
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Walkin' My Baby Back Home ST
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson A Face Like Yours ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Embraceable You 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)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada

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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