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
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	For the Good Times (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51

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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