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	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20

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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