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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
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
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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