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	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
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
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33

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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