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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
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
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
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
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
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
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20

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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