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
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
McNeil, Lynne	Medley: My Way - Anytime	I Did It!...My Way	02:37
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	Undecided	ST	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
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
McDougall, Ian	Aztec	Music by Ian McDougall	03:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Here Comes the Sun (George Harrison)	ST	02:36
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
McDougall, Ian	Pacific Blue	Music by Ian McDougall	02:42
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53

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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