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
Mart Kenney The West A Nest And You Songs of Norma Locke
Ian McDougall Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo Just a Song
Dave Robbins Band Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Black Cultured Pearl Poor Butterfly Goin' Down Home
Fraser MacPherson Killing Me Softly With His Song With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)
Lynne McNeil Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch) I Did It!...My Way
Black Cultured Pearl Intro to Pearl Pearl
Vic Centro Sextet Midnight Sun ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog Beautiful Canada
Compilation Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together Jazz Vancouver
Compilation Diana Krall - As Long As I Live Jazz Vancouver
Dave Robbins Band March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Lynne McNeil Lady Success (Lynne McNeil) I Did It!...My Way
Dal Richards & his Orchestra The Hour of Parting Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall But Beautiful The Very Thought Of You
Dal Richards & his Orchestra All Of Me Dal Richards! And Friends
Dale Jacobs A Last Look at the Summer Live at Puccini's
Lynne McNeil A Ghost of a Chance I Did It!...My Way
Bobby Hales Big Band Minor Event: Piano Solo One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dancing In The Dark A Tribute to the Crooners
Dave Robbins Band Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage) Happy Faces
Pacific Salt So Be It Jazz Canadiana
Martin Slavin Sextet Maisquinada ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) Happy Faces
Mart Kenney Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund) Songs of Norma Locke
Pacific Salt Bossa Bossa Vancouver Instrumental Group
Vic Centro Sextet Darn That Dream ST
Compilation Ian McDougall - Parkway CBC Comp 409
Mart Kenney I Thought About You Songs of Norma Locke
Joani Taylor You, True to Love CBC Comp 417 comp
Marty Gillan Destiny With Doug Parker Band
Mart Kenney No Strings Medley Classics
Marty Gillan Laugh to Laugh Again With Doug Parker Band
Bob Bell Necropolis 3 Necropolis
Mark Hasselbach Afrodesia Perspective: Solar Winds
Doug Parker Wide Open Spaces Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Don Thompson Skye Boat Song Circles
Pacific Salt Goose Juice ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction Dal Richards! And Friends
Dal Richards & his Orchestra On Christmas Day Beautiful Canada
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Love From CBC Vancouver
Black Cultured Pearl Wynton 3 Goin' Down Home
Dave Robbins Band Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson) Happy Faces
Dave Robbins Band What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? ST
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Everyone is Singing Beautiful Canada
Compilation Ian McDougall - Stonesong CBC Comp 409
Bruce Tilden Summertime Together Ensemble
Dave Robbins Band Howe Sound (Don Clark) ST
Ian McDougall Free Recall Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Girl From Ipanema Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
New Orchestra Quintet Terminal Shift Up 'Til Now
Bruce Tilden Fever Together Ensemble
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Doug Parker Saturday Clothes Vancouver Instrumental
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Ian McDougall Lament Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Bells of San Rafael Beautiful Canada
Bruce Tilden Cooking on Sunday Together Ensemble
Compilation Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba CBC Comp 409
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Bobby Hales Big Band Shuffle Scuffle One of My Bags
Dal Richards & his Orchestra You'll Never Walk Alone Beautiful Canada
Martin Slavin Sextet It Happened in the Spring ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)
Fraser MacPherson Flute Juice Fraser's Flutes
Dal Richards & his Orchestra When it Snows Beautiful Canada
Don Thompson Circles Circles
Ian McDougall Fly Away Just a Song
Doug Parker Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)
Ian McDougall Blue Skies Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)
Compilation Ian McDougall - Mirage CBC Comp 409
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Going Out of My Head From CBC Vancouver
Mart Kenney You're An Old Smoothie Songs of Norma Locke
Doug Parker Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version) Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)
Bob Bell Necropolis 4 Necropolis
Mark Hasselbach Heatstroke Perspective: Solar Winds
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band Time Was From CBC Vancouver
Compilation Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude Jazz Vancouver
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette) Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)
Pacific Salt Spring's Garden Vancouver Instrumental Group
Dave Robbins Band Wave ST
Vic Centro Sextet End of a Love Affair ST
Ian McDougall Early Morning Light Just a Song
Compilation Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy CBC Comp 436
Pacific Salt Old Yale ST
Ian McDougall Memories of You Just a Song
Joani Taylor Can't Take My Eyes Off of You Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers
Mart Kenney Wooden Heart Songs of Norma Locke
Black Cultured Pearl Smile Pearl
Fraser MacPherson Easy to be Hard The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Don Thompson I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face Circles
Dal Richards & his Orchestra Dal Introduces Theme Dal Richards! And Friends
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)
Fraser MacPherson Everybody's Talkin' The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Judy Ginn (Walchuk) As Tears Go By The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker
Sibel Thrasher Road to Paradise Road to Paradise
Dal Richards & his Orchestra In the Mood Dal Richards! And Friends
Ian McDougall That Old Feeling The Very Thought Of You
Ian McDougall Nevertheless I'm In Love With You The Very Thought Of You

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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