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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden The Stranger Looking Back
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden Groovin' Looking Back
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band

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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