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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
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	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56

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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