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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
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
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
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
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
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
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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 - 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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