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	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
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
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Mart Kenney	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46

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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