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	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Vic Centro Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Fifth Avenue	Espresso	Urban Sprawl	05:11
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Givin' Up (The One I Love) b/w I Need You

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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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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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

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