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
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
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
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	Amist the Black Eyes	05:25
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Kenney, Mart	I Wonder What Became of Sally	Classics	03:02
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
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
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53

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 (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - 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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