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
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12

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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