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	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
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's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
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
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01

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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