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
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
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
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
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	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00

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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