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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
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	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
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	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15

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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