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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
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
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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32

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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