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	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21

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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