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
Vic Centro Sextet My Heart Cries For You ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Martin Slavin Sextet Buda Buda ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Martin Slavin Sextet Loads of Love ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Pussy Cat Song Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Lightly Turning Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Fraser MacPherson Ballad of the Sad Young Men With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Lynne McNeil Medley: My Way - Anytime I Did It!...My Way
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Earl the Squirrel Beautiful Canada
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Ian McDougall It Had to Be You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band For Swinging Dancers ST
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Mart Kenney It's Wonderful Classics
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney The West, a Nest, and You Dear Classics
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall I'm Through With Love The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
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)
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Drum Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Don't Get Around Much Anymore From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall The Eyes of a Child Music by Ian McDougall
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST

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

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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