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
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
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
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:00
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
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	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18

The Vancouver Jazz Scene

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Pacific Salt - Jazz Canadiana

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Hasselbach, Mark - Perspective: Solar Winds

Compilation - CBC Comp 436

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MacPherson, Fraser - Fraser's Flutes

Quartescence - ST

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

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Parker, Doug - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)

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MacPherson, Fraser - The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - Dal Richards! And Friends

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McDougall, Ian - Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)

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Gillan, Marty - With Doug Parker Band

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Pacific Salt - ST

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - One of My Bags

Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band - From CBC Vancouver

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Kenney, Mart - Songs of Norma Locke

Slavin, Martin Sextet - ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)

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Pacific Salt - Vancouver Instrumental Group

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Ginn, Judy (Walchuk) - vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)

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McDougall, Ian - Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)

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Claman, Dolores - The Hockey Theme

Deep Cove Big Band - ST

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Jacobs, Dale - Live at Puccini's

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Thompson, Don - Circles

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Parker, Doug - Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)

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Hales, Bobby Big Band - Vancouver Instrumental

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Richards, Dal & his Orchestra - A Tribute to the Crooners

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Granger, Shirley - Amist the Black Eyes

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Robbins, Dave Band - ST

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Davis, Bruce Quintet - Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

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McDougall, Ian - The Very Thought Of You

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