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
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
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
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
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
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
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
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

Quartescence - ST

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

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MacPherson, Fraser - The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Dal Richards! And Friends

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McDougall, Ian - Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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Gillan, Marty - With Doug Parker Band

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Pacific Salt - ST

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - One of My Bags

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) - vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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McDougall, Ian - Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)

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Claman, Dolores - The Hockey Theme

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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Davis, Bruce Quintet - Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

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