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 Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Get Your Wings (Fox Trot) We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Polkadots and Moonbeams The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Honeysuckle Gal Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson For Chris Gage Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Pink and Purple Daisies The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Put On A Happy Face Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Vic Centro Sextet On Green Dolphin Street ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers

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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