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 Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall A Portrait of Jenny Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Pacific Salt P.J. Too! Jazz Canadiana
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant CBC Comp 436
Lynne McNeil Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Don Thompson Royal Blue Circles
Don Thompson Sasha's Delight Country Place
Ian McDougall Lady Just a Song
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Girl From Ipanema Dal Richards! And Friends
Dave Robbins Band Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Joani Taylor Alfie Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Cold & Lonely Bird Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Bobby Hales Big Band Funklickity Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chicken Song Beautiful Canada
Deep Cove Big Band String of Pearls ST
Black Cultured Pearl East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) I'm Beginning to See The Light vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Compilation Metalwood - Teed Jazz Vancouver
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson Windows Circles
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Guitar Solo One of My Bags
Pacific Salt You're My Little Sweetheart ST
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Mart Kenney 'Swonderful Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Smile The Very Thought Of You
Joani Taylor With a Little Help From My Friends Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Deep Cove Big Band Moonlight Serenade ST
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing CBC Comp 436
Bruce Davis Quintet Buffalo Daze Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You
Mark Hasselbach Slipstream Perspective: Solar Winds
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Don Thompson A Country Place Country Place
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Deed I Do Dal Richards! And Friends
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Marty Gillan All I Ever Need Is You With Doug Parker Band
Black Cultured Pearl Try Alittle Tenderness Pearl
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Carousel Song Beautiful Canada
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Nothing is as Nice Beautiful Canada
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Where or When A Tribute to the Crooners
Martin Slavin Sextet Deep Purple ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Dave Robbins Band Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Compilation Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Lollipops And Roses A Tribute to the Crooners
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Christmas in Hawaii Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra How High the Moon Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison Vancouver Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Benny Goodman Medley Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Raw Toast ST
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Black Cultured Pearl Blue Skies Goin' Down Home
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Feeling Good vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)
Ian McDougall What Kind of Fool Just a Song
Deep Cove Big Band Everybody Loves My Baby ST
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Mark Hasselbach Kanoa Perspective: Solar Winds
Joani Taylor How Insensitive Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Don Thompson Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me Circles
Joani Taylor Free Again Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Circus Song Beautiful Canada
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Don Thompson Tanga Circles
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Alfie The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Don Thompson Summer Song Circles
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II Happy Faces
Ian McDougall Carrol, Cordova and Hastings Music by Ian McDougall
Black Cultured Pearl Stormy Weather Goin' Down Home
Deep Cove Big Band My Funny Valentine ST
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Sunday Blues (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall The Canadian Music by Ian McDougall
Doug Parker The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Fraser MacPherson Traces The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Red Roses for a Blue Lady A Tribute to the Crooners
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Ian McDougall Pacific Blue Music by Ian McDougall
Dixieland Express Jazz Band Twelfth St. Rag There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)
Mart Kenney Creole Love Song Classics
Mart Kenney Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey) Classics
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Ian McDougall Cliches Music by Ian McDougall
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) Too Late Now The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Vic Centro Sextet El Choclo ST
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Cotton Jenny Fraser's Flutes
Dale Jacobs Visions of Rio Live at Puccini's
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)
Don Thompson Second Voyage Country Place
Ian McDougall Blue Daniel Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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

Robbins, Dave Band

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