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
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
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
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Granger, Shirley	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22

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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