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
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
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
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
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	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04

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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