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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
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
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
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	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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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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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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