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
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

Quartescence - ST

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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

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MacPherson, Fraser - The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Dal Richards! And Friends

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McDougall, Ian - Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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Gillan, Marty - With Doug Parker Band

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Pacific Salt - ST

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - One of My Bags

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) - vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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McDougall, Ian - Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)

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Claman, Dolores - The Hockey Theme

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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Davis, Bruce Quintet - Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

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