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
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	06:37
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Walkin' My Baby Back Home	ST	03:06
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Fifth Avenue	Urban Sprawl	Urban Sprawl	05:19
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Fifth Avenue	Eli	Urban Sprawl	06:48
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	What is This Thing Called Love	ST	06:26
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
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
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Fifth Avenue	Parker's Mood	Urban Sprawl	06:50
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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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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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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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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