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
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Granger, Shirley	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funklickity	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Thompson, Don	Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me	Circles	03:41
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
McDougall, Ian	Centerpiece	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:19
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	ST	03:20
MacPherson, Fraser	How Can I Be Sure	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:41
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
McNeil, Lynne	Song for Donnie (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:52
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Land of Make Belief	Beautiful Canada	02:56
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Compilation	Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Blue Prelude	Jazz Vancouver	06:04
Taylor, Joani	Feelin' Good	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:30
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
McDougall, Ian	Someone to Watch Over Me	The Very Thought Of You	03:20
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
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	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Centro, Vic Sextet	El Choclo	ST	02:22
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35

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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