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
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
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
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51

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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