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	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
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
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
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
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32

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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