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
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Fifth Avenue	Urban Sprawl	Urban Sprawl	05:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
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
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Please be Kind	ST	06:17
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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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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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

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