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
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
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	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Granger, Shirley	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:22
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14

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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