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 Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And 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)
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band

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)*

Up 'Til Now

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