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
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
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
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57

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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