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
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
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 Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
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
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Fifth Avenue Threshold - The Hive Urban Sprawl
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles

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)*

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