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	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
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	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
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
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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 - 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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