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
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
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
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
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
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
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
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
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
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37

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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