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
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Don Thompson Full Nelson Country Place
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
New Orchestra Quintet Delicate Chestnut Roll Up 'Til Now
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney Ramona Classics
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Mart Kenney Mart Kenneys Classics Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mark Hasselbach Bodega Bay Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Bruce Tilden Moonglow Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sentimental Journey Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Ian McDougall How Long Has This Been Going On? Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Musette Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where Or When Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Lynne McNeil Ode to Billy Joe I Did It!...My Way
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back To Me vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Until it's Time for You to Go The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On The Sunny Side of the Street Swing Is In... Vol. II
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Dale Jacobs Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme) Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cheek to Cheek A Tribute to the Crooners
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra My Heart Belongs To Daddy Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Bob Bell Necropolis 1 Necropolis
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Sixth Sense Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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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