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
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05

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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