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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Fifth Avenue	Eli	Urban Sprawl	06:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Fifth Avenue	Espresso	Urban Sprawl	05:11
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00

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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