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
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Ian McDougall	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Ian McDougall	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Marty Gillan	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Dave Robbins Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Martin Slavin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ian McDougall	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Bobby Hales Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Don Thompson	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dave Robbins Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Joani Taylor	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Mark Hasselbach	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Ian McDougall	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Joani Taylor	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Martin Slavin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Ian McDougall	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Ian McDougall	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Mark Hasselbach	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Fraser MacPherson	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Mart Kenney	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ian McDougall	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Don Thompson	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Fraser MacPherson	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Fraser MacPherson	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Dave Robbins Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Mart Kenney	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ian McDougall	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
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
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Ian McDougall	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Don Thompson	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Ian McDougall	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Dave Robbins Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

FEATURED

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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