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
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
McDougall, Ian	How are Things in Glocca Morra	Just a Song	04:08
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18

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 - 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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