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
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	A Face Like Yours	ST	05:36
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Fifth Avenue	Eli	Urban Sprawl	06:48
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Please be Kind	ST	06:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up (The One I Love)	Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You	02:18
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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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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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

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