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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Kenney, Mart 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
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
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
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Centro, Vic Sextet - ST

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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McDougall, Ian - Music by Ian McDougall

Quartescence - ST

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Compilation - CBC Comp 409

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Thompson, Don - Country Place

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Kenney, Mart 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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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Perry, P.J. - Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Black Cultured Pearl - Goin' Down Home

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Parker, Doug - Vancouver Instrumental

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Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

Bell, Bob - Necropolis

Dixieland Express Jazz Band - There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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