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
Dave Robbins Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Doug Parker	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ian McDougall	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Don Thompson	Windows	Circles	03:57
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Fifth Avenue	Urban Sprawl	Urban Sprawl	05:19
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Mart Kenney	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Lynne McNeil	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Fraser MacPherson	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Fifth Avenue	Cypress	Urban Sprawl	04:19
Marty Gillan	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Ian McDougall	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Don Thompson	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	A Face Like Yours	ST	05:36
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Vic Centro Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	What is This Thing Called Love	ST	06:26
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Ed Bickert & Don Thompson	Alone Together	ST	06:20
Bruce Tilden	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Dave Robbins Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Ian McDougall	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Mart Kenney	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Vic Centro Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Joani Taylor	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Dave Robbins Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Bobby Hales Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Mart Kenney	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Sibel Thrasher	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Bobby Hales Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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Ed Bickert & Don Thompson - ST

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Bobby Hales Big Band - One of My Bags

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Bobby Hales Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Beautiful Canada

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Lynne McNeil - I Did It!...My Way

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Fifth Avenue - Urban Sprawl

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Mart Kenney - Classics

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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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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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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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