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
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Martin Slavin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
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
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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Dolores Claman - The Hockey Theme

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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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