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 Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Fraser MacPherson For All We Know Fraser's Flutes
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band Sudden Sam ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney Waltz Medley Classics
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke

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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