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 tapestry—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	Length
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Fifth Avenue	J.C.	Urban Sprawl	07:14
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Fifth Avenue	Urban Sprawl	Urban Sprawl	05:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Fifth Avenue	Espresso	Urban Sprawl	05:11

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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Bruce Tilden - Looking Back

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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Dave Robbins Band - Happy Faces

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Dave Robbins Band - ST

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Joani Taylor - Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Pacific Salt - ST

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Dale Jacobs - Live at Puccini's

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Mark Hasselbach - Perspective: Solar Winds

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Don Thompson - Circles

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Vic Centro Sextet - ST

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Thora Anders and Lance Harrison - Vancouver

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Sibel Thrasher - Road to Paradise

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)

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Compilation - CBC Comp 409

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Black Cultured Pearl - Pearl

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Black Cultured Pearl - Goin' Down Home

Compilation - Jazz Vancouver

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Joani Taylor - CBC Comp 417 comp

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Mart Kenney - Songs of Norma Locke

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Mart Kenney and his Orchestra - Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto

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