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
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It Had to be You	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Granger, Shirley (Shirley Fay, Shirley Lewis)*	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:46
McNeil, Lynne	A Ghost of a Chance	I Did It!...My Way	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Gotta Travel On	From CBC Vancouver	03:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	New York, New York	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:49
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Hasselbach, Mark	Heatstroke	Perspective: Solar Winds	03:33
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Centro, Vic Sextet	The Moon Was Yellow	ST	01:59
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Funlickity	One of My Bags	04:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
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	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Kenney, Mart	Ramona	Classics	03:03
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
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
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley: Loads Of Love - The Sweetest Sounds - No Strings	Songs of Norma Locke	02:29
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Buffalo Daze	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:08
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
McDougall, Ian	Warm	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:14
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	Jazz Canadiana	05:33
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Centro, Vic Sextet	Perdido	ST	02:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Pacific Salt	Cycle Song	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:16
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
McNeil, Lynne	Ode to Billy Joe	I Did It!...My Way	04:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Time Was	From CBC Vancouver	03:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On Christmas Day	Beautiful Canada	03:04
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
McDougall, Ian	The Eyes of a Child	Music by Ian McDougall	04:32
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27

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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