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
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Try a Little Tenderness The Very Thought Of You
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Fraser MacPherson It's a Musical World With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Black Cultured Pearl Body and Soul Pearl
Lynne McNeil Green, Green Grass of Home I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Babalu Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
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)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Circles
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Deep Cove Big Band Witchcraft ST
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Mart Kenney You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke) Classics
Bruce Davis Quintet Saskatchewan I Love You Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Love Being Here With You Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Ian McDougall Floppy Music by Ian McDougall
Ian McDougall Centerpiece Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Rudolph's Son Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo Swing Is In... Vol. II
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Joani Taylor In the Name of Love Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting (Vocal) A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Deep Cove Big Band Pennsylvania 6-5000 ST
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Steppin Out With My Baby Dal Richards! And Friends
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall Devon's Delight Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Compilation Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver Jazz Vancouver
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dear Heart A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Deep Cove Big Band The Girl From Ipanema ST
Vic Centro Sextet The Moon Was Yellow ST
Bobby Hales Big Band Dark Young Man Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By A Tribute to the Crooners
Joani Taylor Paper Cup Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Swinging Party Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band I Remember You From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Don't Get Around Much Anymore Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Joani Taylor Here, There, Everywhere Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I Must Know (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
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
Ian McDougall It's My Turn Just a Song
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Land of Make Belief Beautiful Canada
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nobody Loves Me Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bruce Tilden Goodmorning Heartache Together Ensemble
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden What Makes a Man a Man Together Ensemble
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Mart Kenney P.S. I Love You Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) So Long Dearie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Fraser MacPherson So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra

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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