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	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
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	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
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
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
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)	03:14
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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 - Classics

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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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Mart Kenney and his Orchestra - We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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