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	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Please be Kind	ST	06:17
Bruce Tilden	The Stranger	Looking Back	06:39
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
P.J. Perry	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Fifth Avenue	Espresso	Urban Sprawl	05:11
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Alone Together	ST	06:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19

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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