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
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
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
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
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
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	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
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
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
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
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
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
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
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40

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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