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
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
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
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Bruce Tilden - Together Ensemble

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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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