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
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50

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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