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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57

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 (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - 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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