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
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
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
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
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
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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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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