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
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
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
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08

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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