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	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
P.J. Perry	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
P.J. Perry	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Doug Parker	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Bruce Tilden	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Ian McDougall	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
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
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
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
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
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	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Fraser MacPherson	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24

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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