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
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
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 (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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