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
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14

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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