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
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Ian McDougall Rio Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bruce Tilden Maybe This Time Together Ensemble
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
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
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dixieland Express Jazz Band There's a Lot to See in B.C. There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson Lodi The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags

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

Robbins, Dave Band

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