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 That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Lover Man Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney I Wonder What Became of Sally Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Joani Taylor Harbour Light CBC Comp 417 comp
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Just a Song Just a Song
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Speak Low From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt Country Detour Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins) ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver

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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