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
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden The Stranger 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
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March) The Hockey Theme
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Dolores Claman The Hockey Theme (Opening) The Hockey Theme
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson Please be Kind ST
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home

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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