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	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
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	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

Quartescence - ST

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

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MacPherson, Fraser - The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Dal Richards! And Friends

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McDougall, Ian - Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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Gillan, Marty - With Doug Parker Band

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Pacific Salt - ST

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - One of My Bags

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) - vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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McDougall, Ian - Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)

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Claman, Dolores - The Hockey Theme

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Granger, Shirley - Amist the Black Eyes

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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Davis, Bruce Quintet - Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

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