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
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Ian McDougall	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Doug Parker	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Lynne McNeil	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Dave Robbins Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Ian McDougall	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Ian McDougall	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Bruce Tilden	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
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
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Ian McDougall	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Bruce Tilden	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life	Looking Back	04:22
Bob Bell	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Vic Centro Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Lynne McNeil	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Martin Slavin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Fraser MacPherson	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Lynne McNeil	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Fraser MacPherson	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Ian McDougall	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Mart Kenney	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Bruce Tilden	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Mark Hasselbach	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Mart Kenney	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Don Thompson	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Mart Kenney	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Mart Kenney	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Don Thompson	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Martin Slavin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Ian McDougall	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
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
Bruce Tilden	When I Fall in Love	Looking Back	04:36
Joani Taylor	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Mart Kenney	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

Tracks

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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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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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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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