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
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Fraser MacPherson	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Bob Bell	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
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
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Ian McDougall	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02

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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