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	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44

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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