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
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Please be Kind ST
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)

ST

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson / ST LABELS

Ed Bickert & Don Thompson / ST BACK

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)*

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