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	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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)

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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