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
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
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
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
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
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
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
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30

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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