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	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
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
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
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
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32

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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