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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
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
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
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
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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)

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