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
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24

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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