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
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone 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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes

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

New Orchestra Quintet

New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now BACK

I Did It!...My Way

Lynne McNeil - I Did It My Way BACK

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