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
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Orchestra - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Choral Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:35
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Songs of Norma Locke	02:04
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29

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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