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
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
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
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
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 4	Necropolis	05:14
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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 - 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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