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
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
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
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50

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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