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
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
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
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43

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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