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
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
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	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
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
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
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
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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)

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