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
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
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	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44

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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