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)	Happy Faces	00:25
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
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
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
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

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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