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	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
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
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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)

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