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	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
McDougall, Ian	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
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
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23

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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