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
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
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
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
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	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
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
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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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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