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.

Ian McDougall - Music by Ian McDougall

Mart Kenney and his Orchestra - We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)

Just a Song

McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)

CBC Comp 409

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces (3)

Ginn, Judy / The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker

Bob Bell-Necropolis LABEL 02

Songs of Norma Locke

Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble LABEL 01

Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

ST

Country Place

McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

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Judy Ginn - The Songs of Judy Ginn BACK

CD-VA Jazz Vancouver CD

Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)

Joani Taylor With The Dave Robbins Orchestra - ST LABEL 02

Don Thompson - Circles BACK

McDougall, Ian - The Very Thought Of You (1)

McDougall, Ian - The Very Thought Of You (5)

45-Parker, Doug - Vancouver Big Band VINYL 02

Parker, Doug

Vancouver Instrumental

45-Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) VINYL 02

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Thompson, Don Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
McDougall, Ian Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
McDougall, Ian Early Morning Light Just a Song
McNeil, Lynne Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
MacPherson, Fraser It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Parker, Doug If Vancouver Big Band
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
McNeil, Lynne San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Robbins, Dave Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
McDougall, Ian My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Hales, Bobby Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
McDougall, Ian Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Jacobs, Dale Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
McDougall, Ian Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Taylor, Joani You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Robbins, Dave Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Taylor, Joani Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
McDougall, Ian But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
McDougall, Ian Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Perry, P.J. (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Slavin, Martin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
MacPherson, Fraser Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Parker, Doug Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
McDougall, Ian Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Kenney, Mart No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
McDougall, Ian Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
McDougall, Ian Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Kenney, Mart Danube Waves Classics
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
McDougall, Ian Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Perry, P.J. Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
MacPherson, Fraser Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
McNeil, Lynne A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
MacPherson, Fraser Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bell, Bob Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Taylor, Joani Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
MacPherson, Fraser Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Kenney, Mart The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Robbins, Dave Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Kenney, Mart It's Wonderful Classics
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Hasselbach, Mark Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Hales, Bobby Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Thompson, Don Circles Circles
Perry, P.J. Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Kenney, Mart Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
McDougall, Ian Memories of You Just a Song
Kenney, Mart Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Hasselbach, Mark Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
MacPherson, Fraser Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
McDougall, Ian Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Jacobs, Dale A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Tilden, Bruce Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley 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
Jacobs, Dale It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
McDougall, Ian A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
McNeil, Lynne Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
McNeil, Lynne Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Kenney, Mart Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada

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