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
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
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
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
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
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51

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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