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
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
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
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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 - 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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