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
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
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
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	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
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
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32

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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