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	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dave Robbins Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Ian McDougall	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Vic Centro Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Don Thompson	Circles	Circles	04:20
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
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
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Vic Centro Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Doug Parker	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Lynne McNeil	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Dave Robbins Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ian McDougall	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Dave Robbins Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Bruce Tilden	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Ian McDougall	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Ian McDougall	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
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
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Lynne McNeil	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Bobby Hales Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Ian McDougall	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18

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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