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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
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
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56

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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