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
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
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	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
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
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47

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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