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
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	ST	02:37
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Lollipops And Roses	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:59
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Stonesong	CBC Comp 409	02:22
New Orchestra Quintet	Delicate Chestnut Roll	Up 'Til Now	15:44
McNeil, Lynne	Lady Success (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	03:01
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Centro, Vic Sextet	On Green Dolphin Street	ST	02:13
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
McDougall, Ian	Sixth Sense	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:41
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Taylor, Joani	With a Little Help From My Friends	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Compilation	Christine Duncan - Why So Blue	Jazz Vancouver	05:43
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
McDougall, Ian	What Kind of Fool	Just a Song	03:54
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
MacPherson, Fraser	It's a Musical World	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:44
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Compilation	Ingrid Jensen - Fallin'	Jazz Vancouver	05:36
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 2 (University of British Columbia - University of Western Ontario - University of Manitoba - University of Toronto	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	03:15
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
McDougall, Ian	Lady	Just a Song	03:32
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
McDougall, Ian	Bossa Bossa Jo-Jo	Music by Ian McDougall	03:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Robbins, Dave Band	What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	ST	03:00
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Deep Purple	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
McDougall, Ian	But Beautiful	The Very Thought Of You	03:03
Jacobs, Dale	Splash	Live at Puccini's	05:18
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
Kenney, Mart	The West, a Nest, and You Dear	Classics	01:23
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
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
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Parkway	CBC Comp 409	03:24
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Swinging Party	Beautiful Canada	01:57
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
New Orchestra Quintet	10 x 10	Up 'Til Now	10:44
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dal Introduces Theme	Dal Richards! And Friends	00:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Taylor, Joani	Walkin' Happy	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
Taylor, Joani	Free Again	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:37
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill University - University of Alberta - Dalhoussie University - Queen's University	Canadian College Medley Part 1 (McGill, UofAlberta, Dalhoussie, Queen's // Canadian College Medley Part 2 (UBC, UofW Ontario, Uof Manitoba, Uof Toronto	02:40
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Lodi	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:31
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back to Me	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:27
McDougall, Ian	Early Morning Light	Just a Song	04:15

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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