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
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
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
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
McDougall, Ian	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
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
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37

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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