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	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
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
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08

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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