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
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Tilden, Bruce	Summertime	Together Ensemble	04:00
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
MacPherson, Fraser	Morning Has Broken	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:36
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Thompson, Don	For Chris Gage	Country Place	05:22
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have That I Don't Have	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:14
Pacific Salt	Aztec	Jazz Canadiana	05:05
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
MacPherson, Fraser	Gentle Rain	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:37
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
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	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Thompson, Don	Full Nelson	Country Place	03:51
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
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
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	In the Mood	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:39
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:05
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Black Cultured Pearl	Intro to Pearl	Pearl	00:57
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Parker, Doug	I Will Wait for You	Vancouver Big Band	02:10
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Jacobs, Dale	A Last Look at the Summer	Live at Puccini's	07:08
Perry, P.J.	Candy Man	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:09
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Yesterday	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:52
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03

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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