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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Fifth Avenue	Threshold - The Hive	Urban Sprawl	14:11
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Fifth Avenue	J.C.	Urban Sprawl	07:14
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Ian McDougall	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Mart Kenney	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Fraser MacPherson	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Doug Parker	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
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
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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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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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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