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	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
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	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	06:37
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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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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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

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