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
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40

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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