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
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
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
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00

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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