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	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
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
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up (The One I Love)	Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You	02:18
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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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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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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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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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

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