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
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
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)
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes

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

McNeil, Lynne

Swing Is In... Vol. II

Lynne and Stephanie - The Montage

McNeil, Lynne

McNeil, Lynne

Happy Faces

Robbins, Dave Band

ST

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

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