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)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
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
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
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
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
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	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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