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	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Kenney, Mart	Put On A Happy Face	Songs of Norma Locke	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
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
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
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
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44

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 (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - 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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