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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
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
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)

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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