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
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18

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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