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
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Mart Kenney	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

FEATURED

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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