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
Gillan, Marty	All I Ever Need Is You	With Doug Parker Band	02:28
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Mirage	CBC Comp 409	02:26
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Granger, Shirley	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:52
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Fireball	One of My Bags	03:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Formula #1	One of My Bags	04:15
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Feeling Good	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:31
Kenney, Mart	No Strings Medley	Classics	02:46
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - It's Love	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:27
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Parker, Doug	The Accents - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Bossa Nova Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:08
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Gillan, Marty	Destiny	With Doug Parker Band	02:36
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
McDougall, Ian	Like Someone in Love	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:46
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Until it's Time for You to Go	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:57
Hasselbach, Mark	Slipstream	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:37
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Blues in the Night	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:36
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
Thompson, Don	Song for Sonny	Country Place	07:59
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
McDougall, Ian	Bossa, Bossa Jo-Jo	Just a Song	03:01
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Hasselbach, Mark	Bodega Bay	Perspective: Solar Winds	04:51
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	I Remember You	From CBC Vancouver	02:39
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Compilation	Kenny Coleman With The London Philharmonic Orchestra - You Again	Jazz Vancouver	03:58
McDougall, Ian	My Yesterdays	Music by Ian McDougall	03:32
MacPherson, Fraser	Cracklin' Rosie	Fraser's Flutes	02:23
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Parker, Doug	Saturday Clothes	Vancouver Instrumental	02:35
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Tears Go By	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:40
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	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Wave	ST	03:59
McNeil, Lynne	San Antonio Rose	I Did It!...My Way	02:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
McNeil, Lynne	Green, Green Grass of Home	I Did It!...My Way	03:10
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Tilden, Bruce	Moonglow	Together Ensemble	02:17
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Pacific Salt	Country Detour	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'm Going Home for Christmas	Beautiful Canada	02:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Caravan	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:09
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Hasselbach, Mark	Desert Planet	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Earl the Squirrel	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16

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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