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
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chattanooga Choo Choo - Tuxedo Junction	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:32
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Kenney, Mart	In The Shadow Of The Mountains	Songs of Norma Locke	02:43
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Granger, Shirley	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
New Orchestra Quintet	Up 'Til Now	Up 'Til Now	13:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23

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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