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 and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden When I Fall in Love Looking Back
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dale Jacobs What Else Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Leaving On a Jet Plane The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Just the Two of Us Looking Back
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker If Vancouver Big Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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

McNeil, Lynne

Swing Is In... Vol. II

Lynne and Stephanie - The Montage

McNeil, Lynne

McNeil, Lynne

Happy Faces

Robbins, Dave Band

ST

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