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: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:36
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
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
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24

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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