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
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
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)
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver

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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