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
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
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
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
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)	03:44
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
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
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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)

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