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 Only Want One Wife Beautiful Canada
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Ian McDougall Moon River The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Daddy Hear My Plea Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Someone to Watch Over Me The Very Thought Of You
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Song for Sonny Country Place
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Pacific Salt 16th Avenue Shuffle Jazz Canadiana
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu (Cha Cha Cha) Swing Is In... Vol. II
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Compilation The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Black Cultured Pearl Confessin' Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Out in the West Beautiful Canada
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'll Walk Alone The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* The Lady is a Tramp Amist the Black Eyes
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl Takin' a Chance On Love Goin' Down Home
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sing Sing Sing Dal Richards! And Friends
Pacific Salt Something Soft ST
Fraser MacPherson Gentle Rain The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dave Robbins Band Ripple Rock (Don Clark) ST
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Come Fly With Me From CBC Vancouver
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Usual The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Mart Kenney In The Shadow Of The Mountains Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Come Back to Me The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Opus One Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It Had to be You A Tribute to the Crooners
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Santa Dear Santa Beautiful Canada
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Black Cultured Pearl Secret Love Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Cotton Fields From CBC Vancouver
Lynne McNeil Lover Man I Did It!...My Way
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
New Orchestra Quintet 10 x 10 Up 'Til Now
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Marty Gillan Talk It Over in the Morning With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
New Orchestra Quintet Up 'Til Now Up 'Til Now
Mark Hasselbach Flying Fish Perspective: Solar Winds
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Martin Slavin Sextet The Sweetest Sounds ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends

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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