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
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
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
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02

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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