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
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Bruce Davis Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Vic Centro Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dave Robbins Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Dave Robbins Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
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
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Ian McDougall	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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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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