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
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Doug Parker The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Wouldn't You Like Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise

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

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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

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