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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag 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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