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
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
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
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
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
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01

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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