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
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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