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
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dale Jacobs	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Vic Centro Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ian McDougall	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Vic Centro Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13

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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