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
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
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
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
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
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
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
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03

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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