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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
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
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Granger, Shirley	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Ginn, Judy (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
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Centro, Vic Sextet - ST

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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McDougall, Ian - Music by Ian McDougall

Quartescence - ST

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Compilation - CBC Comp 409

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Thompson, Don - Country Place

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Kenney, Mart 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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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Perry, P.J. - Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Black Cultured Pearl - Goin' Down Home

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Parker, Doug - Vancouver Instrumental

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Granger, Shirley - Amist the Black Eyes

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

Bell, Bob - Necropolis

Dixieland Express Jazz Band - There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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