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
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
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
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
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
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
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)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
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
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22

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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