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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Bruce Tilden Dumferline Looking Back
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
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)
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Fifth Avenue Cypress Urban Sprawl
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
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 Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver

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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