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
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
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)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Who Can I Turn To	ST	07:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	06:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
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	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15

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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