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
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
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
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
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	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42

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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