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
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden From a Distace Looking Back
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
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)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing Is In... Vol. II
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana

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

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)*

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