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	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
McDougall, Ian	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
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
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00

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 (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - 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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