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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
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
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
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
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22

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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