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
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
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	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Thompson, Don	Summer Song	Circles	03:46
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
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
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'm Beginning to See The Light	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:49
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Then Was Then	From CBC Vancouver	03:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
McDougall, Ian	Everything Happens to Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Parker, Doug	The Jubilation Singers - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Folk Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:09
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Perry, P.J.	(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	01:56
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	Twelfth St. Rag	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:38
Deep Cove Big Band	Sudden Sam	ST	03:57

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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New Orchestra Quintet - Up 'Til Now

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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 (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)* - 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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