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
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Bruce Tilden The Nearness of You Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Vic Centro Sextet Serenata ST
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Bruce Tilden Sunrise, Sunset Looking Back
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Fifth Avenue Parker's Mood Urban Sprawl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Bruce Tilden What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life Looking Back
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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song

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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