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
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
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
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	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
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
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
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
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
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02

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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