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
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
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
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
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
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
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	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
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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