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
Joani Taylor	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Dave Robbins Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Dale Jacobs	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
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
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Bob Bell	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Bruce Tilden	What a Day for a Daydream	Looking Back	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ian McDougall	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Mart Kenney and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Dave Robbins Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ian McDougall	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Ian McDougall	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Dave Robbins Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ian McDougall	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Joani Taylor	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Joani Taylor	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Dave Robbins Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Mart Kenney	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Don Thompson	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ian McDougall	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Mart Kenney	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Mart Kenney	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Joani Taylor	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Mark Hasselbach	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Dave Robbins Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Bruce Tilden	Just the Two of Us	Looking Back	04:19
Bruce Tilden	The Nearness of You	Looking Back	04:33
Dolores Claman	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Ian McDougall	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Dale Jacobs	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Bobby Hales Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Ian McDougall	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Bruce Davis Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Don Thompson	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Ian McDougall	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bruce Tilden	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Ian McDougall	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Fraser MacPherson	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ian McDougall	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Don Thompson	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Mart Kenney	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Bruce Tilden	Dream a Little Dream of Me	Looking Back	02:45

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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