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
Ian McDougall	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ian McDougall	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Fraser MacPherson	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Mart Kenney	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Fraser MacPherson	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Mart Kenney	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Marty Gillan	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Ian McDougall	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Lynne McNeil	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Mart Kenney	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Ian McDougall	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Bruce Tilden	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Vic Centro Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Dale Jacobs	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Bobby Hales Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Mark Hasselbach	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Fraser MacPherson	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Ian McDougall	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Dale Jacobs	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Dave Robbins Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Bob Bell	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Dave Robbins Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Dave Robbins Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Fraser MacPherson	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Dave Robbins Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Bruce Tilden	Where or When	Looking Back	03:24
Dave Robbins Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Joani Taylor	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Mark Hasselbach	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Doug Parker	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Lynne McNeil	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Ian McDougall	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Joani Taylor	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Joani Taylor	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Ian McDougall	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Fraser MacPherson	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Lynne McNeil	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Fraser MacPherson	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Bruce Tilden	From a Distace	Looking Back	04:31
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Don Thompson	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Don Thompson	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Dale Jacobs	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Bruce Tilden	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Bruce Tilden	Dumferline	Looking Back	05:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Vic Centro Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Bobby Hales Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Ian McDougall	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Fraser MacPherson	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Ian McDougall	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Dave Robbins Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Martin Slavin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Fraser MacPherson	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Ian McDougall	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Don Thompson	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Bruce Tilden	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Joani Taylor	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Ian McDougall	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Fraser MacPherson	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Ian McDougall	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Ian McDougall	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Doug Parker	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Judy Ginn (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Miles Ramsay & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Ian McDougall	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Bobby Hales Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:18
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18

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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