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	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
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
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24

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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