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
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Marty Gillan	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Fifth Avenue	Eli	Urban Sprawl	06:48
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Fifth Avenue	Espresso	Urban Sprawl	05:11
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	What is This Thing Called Love	ST	06:26
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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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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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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