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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
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	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
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
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
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
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
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
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25

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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