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
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27

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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