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	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You	Songs of Norma Locke	02:26
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
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Flute Juice	Fraser's Flutes	02:24
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Until it's Time to Go (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:18
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
McDougall, Ian	Polkadots and Moonbeams	The Very Thought Of You	03:32
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:13
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
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
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37

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 - 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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