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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32

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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