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
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Buda Buda	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:11
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56

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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