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
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
McDougall, Ian	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
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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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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