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
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
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
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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)

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