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
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39

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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