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	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
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
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09

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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