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
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Lynne McNeil	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Bruce Tilden	Groovin'	Looking Back	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Don Thompson	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Dave Robbins Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Ian McDougall	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Joani Taylor	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Mart Kenney	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Don Thompson	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Dale Jacobs	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	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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