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
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
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 Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
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)
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Bruce Tilden Dream a Little Dream of Me Looking Back
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore Songs of Norma Locke
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home

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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