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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Alone Together ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way

Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

Amist the Black Eyes

45-Shirley Granger - Givin Up the One I Love VINYL 02

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

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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