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
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54

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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