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
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
P.J. Perry Candy Man Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Vic Centro Sextet It's Only a Paper Moon ST
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) On the Other Side of the Tracks vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Ross Taggart - TV Lunch Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Vic Centro Sextet Perdido ST
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You (Theme) Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Dave Robbins Band Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland) Happy Faces
Bobby Hales Big Band Talk Trap One of My Bags
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 2 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dale Jacobs Splash Live at Puccini's
Bobby Hales Big Band The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano) Vancouver Instrumental
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Lynne McNeil Lush Life I Did It!...My Way
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings Songs of Norma Locke
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Then Was Then From CBC Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra These Foolish Things Dal Richards! And Friends
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Four Leaf Clover Man ST
Joani Taylor Feelin' Good Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
P.J. Perry Help Me Make it Through the Night Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Fraser MacPherson Sunshine Superman The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto
Pacific Salt Patricia Jazz Canadiana
Black Cultured Pearl Solitude Goin' Down Home
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Pacific Salt Cycle Song Vancouver Instrumental Group
Mark Hasselbach Sunspots Perspective: Solar Winds
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Fraser MacPherson Colour of the Rainbow The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Bruce Tilden Garden of Gethsemane Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Like Someone in Love Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Embraceable You The Very Thought Of You
Pacific Salt North Bluff Stomp ST
Joani Taylor Walkin' Happy Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dale Jacobs It's Only The Perfect Love Live at Puccini's
Black Cultured Pearl Am I Blue Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everybody Loves Somebody Swing Is In... Vol. II
P.J. Perry Until It's Time for You to Go Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver
Ian McDougall Everything Happens to Me The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra I'm Going Home for Christmas Beautiful Canada
Dave Robbins Band Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison) ST
Dave Robbins Band Games People Play ST
Black Cultured Pearl Pennies from Heaven Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Meditation vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Doug Parker I Will Wait for You Vancouver Big Band
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Other Side of the Tracks The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Mart Kenney Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know Songs of Norma Locke
Compilation The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad Jazz Vancouver
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Black Cultured Pearl World On a String Pearl
Deep Cove Big Band Undecided ST
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Lynne McNeil San Antonio Rose I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra As Time Goes By Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Strike Up the Band Swing Is In... Vol. II
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Ian McDougall Warm Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Bobby Hales Big Band Funlickity One of My Bags
Fraser MacPherson Pussywillows, Cattails The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall Then Came September Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Bob Bell Necropolis 5 Necropolis
Joani Taylor Flyin' Angel CBC Comp 417 comp
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Dave Robbins Band Mr. Bojangles ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World Dal Richards! And Friends
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Ian McDougall I Remember You Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Moon Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Compilation Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely Jazz Vancouver

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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