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
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Robbins, Dave Band	Playa del Ray (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	07:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Pussy Cat Song	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Kenney, Mart	You Belong to My Heart (vocals Norma Locke)	Classics	03:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Charade	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:24
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Black Cultured Pearl	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Goin' Down Home	03:44
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	On the Other Side of the Tracks	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:55
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	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
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Try a Little Tenderness	The Very Thought Of You	03:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
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	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Horace, The Flea	Beautiful Canada	02:09
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	From CBC Vancouver	02:35
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
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

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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