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
Quartescence Bossa Nova Scotia ST
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Compilation Ingrid Jensen - Fallin' Jazz Vancouver
Bobby Hales Big Band What Would I Do Without You Vancouver Instrumental
Doug Parker If You Could Read My Mind Vancouver Instrumental
Compilation Christine Duncan - Why So Blue Jazz Vancouver
Ian McDougall Songbird Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall English Bay Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Big Spender The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bruce Tilden Attitude Together Ensemble
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Deep Cove Big Band The Sunny Side of the Street ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Gotta Travel On From CBC Vancouver
Deep Cove Big Band Begin the Beguine ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Formula #1 One of My Bags
Dale Jacobs Without Reservation Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Dave Robbins Band Didn't We? ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band You Stepped Out of a Dream From CBC Vancouver
Doug Parker Profile Vancouver Instrumental
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra We're Proud of Canada We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) What Did I Have The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Doug Parker We've Only Just Begun Vancouver Big Band
Lynne McNeil My Love (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Pacific Salt Aztec Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Some More Goin' Down Home
Lynne McNeil Another Way I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Don Thompson A House is Not a Home Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Fraser MacPherson Cracklin' Rosie Fraser's Flutes
Martin Slavin Sextet Charade ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
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 Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Sailing Just a Song
Ian McDougall How are Things in Glocca Morra Just a Song
Bob Bell Necropolis 2 Necropolis
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Ian McDougall My Yesterdays Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) The Good Life The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall The Very Thought of You The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Stardust A Tribute to the Crooners
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Aztec Music by Ian McDougall
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Like a Lover ST
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Bobby Hales Big Band Fireball One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Black Cultured Pearl But Beautiful Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Danube Waves Classics
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Pacific Salt No Hope, No Fear Jazz Canadiana
Mart Kenney Christmas Is A-Comin' Songs of Norma Locke
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Quartescence Rainy Days ST
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall You Go to My Head The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Welcome to Vancouver Beautiful Canada

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

Robbins, Dave Band

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