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
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dancing In The Dark	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:42
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - The In Crowd	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	04:15
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Black Cultured Pearl	Takin' a Chance On Love	Goin' Down Home	01:27
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
Taylor, Joani	Harbour Light	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:02
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Thompson, Don	Royal Blue	Circles	03:53
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
MacPherson, Fraser	Colour of the Rainbow	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:22
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
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
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01

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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