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 tapestryβ€”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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
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)
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
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
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
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
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Vic Centro Sextet Moonlight Serenade ST
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver

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

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Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (7)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (6)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (5)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (4)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (3)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (2)

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (1)

Robbins, Dave Band setcellar

Robbins, Dave Band

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