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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
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
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
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
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44

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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