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	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
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
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
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
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
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
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42

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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