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
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Bob Bell	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Martin Slavin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Joani Taylor	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Mark Hasselbach	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
P.J. Perry	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Don Thompson	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
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
Bruce Tilden	Sunrise, Sunset	Looking Back	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Lynne McNeil	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ian McDougall	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Doug Parker	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Fraser MacPherson	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Bruce Tilden	The Way You Look Tonight	Looking Back	04:05

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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