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
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson What is This Thing Called Love ST
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Fifth Avenue Eli Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Bruce Tilden Where or When Looking Back
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

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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