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
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Fifth Avenue Espresso Urban Sprawl
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Fifth Avenue J.C. Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
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
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics

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

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

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