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
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42

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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