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
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Granger, Shirley	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
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
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10

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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