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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Sweet Love Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
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
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Doug Parker Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa 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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics

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)

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