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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
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
Taylor, Joani	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:08
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Mr. Bojangles	ST	04:21
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
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
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Granger, Shirley	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:28
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
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
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38

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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