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
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
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
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke

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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