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	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
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
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
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	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58

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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