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	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
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	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
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
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40

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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