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
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
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
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

FEATURED

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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