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
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Fifth Avenue	J.C.	Urban Sprawl	07:14
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	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Please be Kind	ST	06:17
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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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

Compilation - Jazz Vancouver

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