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
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
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
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26

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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