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 tapestry—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
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Raw Toast Jazz Canadiana
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
P.J. Perry (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Dave Robbins Band Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Swing Is In... Vol. II
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
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
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have That I Don't Have vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden The Way You Look Tonight Looking Back
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Soul Eyes Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra 12th Street Rag Swing Is In... Vol. II
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics

The Hockey Theme

Compilation

Looking Back

Bruce Tilden

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back CD

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back INSIDE

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back BACK

Bruce Tilden - Lookinn Back INLAY

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

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