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)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37

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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