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	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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