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
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
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)
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
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)
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker

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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