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	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Doug Parker	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Doug Parker	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Lynne McNeil	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Vic Centro Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Mark Hasselbach	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ian McDougall	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Mart Kenney	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
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
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Doug Parker	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ian McDougall	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Thora Anders and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00

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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