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
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
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
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
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
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
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	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
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
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36

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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