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
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
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	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42

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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