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
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54

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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