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
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
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
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24

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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