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
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
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
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
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	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33

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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