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
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Beautiful Canada Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Smiles Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
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
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Just Say a Prayer Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way

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

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

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