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
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra For the Good Times (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
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)
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Bruce Tilden What a Day for a Daydream Looking Back

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

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

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