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	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20

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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