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
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
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
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
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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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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