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	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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