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
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
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
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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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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