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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
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
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09

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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