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
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Fifth Avenue Threshold - The Hive Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
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)

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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