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 Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
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 Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Black Cultured Pearl If I Had You Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt Aztec ST
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Hey There From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Mark Hasselbach Desert Planet Perspective: Solar Winds
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Ian McDougall Search Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Caravan Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Fraser MacPherson Morning Has Broken With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Vic Centro Sextet Gone With the Wind ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Don Thompson One Morning In May Circles
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Instrumental) A Tribute to the Crooners
Doug Parker Baby I'm a Want You Vancouver Big Band
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'll Never Smile Again A Tribute to the Crooners
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Route 66 Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Black Cultured Pearl Wrap Your Troubles Away Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Ian McDougall Killin' Time Just a Song
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Consider This Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra New York, New York Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Blues in the Night Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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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