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.

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Quartescence - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

McDougall, Ian - Just a Song

Calgary, Alberta - Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

London, England, 🇬🇧 - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Taylor, Joani - CBC Comp 417 comp

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Thompson, Don - Country Place

Powell River, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Taylor, Joani - Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Robbins, Dave Band - ST

Greensburg, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver → Gibsons, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Robbins, Dave Band - Happy Faces

Greensburg, Indiana, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver → Gibsons, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Bell, Bob - Necropolis

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

McDougall, Ian - Music by Ian McDougall

Calgary, Alberta - Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Quartescence - ST

Ian McDougall - Music by Ian McDougall

Mart Kenney and his Orchestra - We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)

Mart Kenney 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

Mart Kenney original signed photo

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

Dixieland Express Jazz Band - There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)

There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)

Music by Ian McDougall

We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)

Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Granger, Shirley	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
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
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
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
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05

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