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
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
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
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52

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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