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	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	What is This Thing Called Love	ST	06:26
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
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	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Fifth Avenue	Eli	Urban Sprawl	06:48
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40

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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