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
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
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
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
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
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08

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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