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
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
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
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39

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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