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	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02

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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