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
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Robbins, Dave Band	Like a Lover	ST	03:53
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Leaving On a Jet Plane	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:19
Centro, Vic Sextet	End of a Love Affair	ST	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Thompson, Don	Tanga	Circles	03:23
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Jacobs, Dale	Without Reservation	Live at Puccini's	02:59
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Solitude	Goin' Down Home	02:30
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Deep Cove Big Band	The Sunny Side of the Street	ST	02:05
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
McDougall, Ian	Free Recall	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
McDougall, Ian	Devon's Delight	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:53
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
McNeil, Lynne	Lush Life	I Did It!...My Way	04:58
Thompson, Don	Skye Boat Song	Circles	03:25
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow)	Happy Faces	00:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where or When	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:35
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
McDougall, Ian	Embraceable You	The Very Thought Of You	03:44
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Christmas in Hawaii	Beautiful Canada	02:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Circus Song	Beautiful Canada	02:47
McDougall, Ian	The Canadian	Music by Ian McDougall	03:55
Kenney, Mart	Danube Waves	Classics	03:19
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Steppin Out With My Baby	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:06
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Shuffle Scuffle	One of My Bags	03:33
Perry, P.J.	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:49
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	The Good Life	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (vocals Dal Richards)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:29
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Must Know (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:39
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Granger, Shirley	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
MacPherson, Fraser	Traces	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:57
Tilden, Bruce	What Makes a Man a Man	Together Ensemble	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Sailing	Just a Song	03:59
McNeil, Lynne	Another Way	I Did It!...My Way	02:56
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Pacific Salt	P.J. Too!	Jazz Canadiana	04:53
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Canto de Oriole (feat. Bobby Hales)	Happy Faces	07:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I'll Never Smile Again	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:19
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Deep Cove Big Band	The Girl From Ipanema	ST	03:02
Thompson, Don	Sasha's Delight	Country Place	07:45
Robbins, Dave Band	Reflections (feat. Chris Gage, Wally Snider & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	08:48
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker - Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.) (Rock & Roll Version)	Jewel of the West (Beautiful B.C.)	02:16
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
New Orchestra Quintet	Terminal Shift	Up 'Til Now	11:04
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Centro, Vic Sextet	My Heart Cries For You	ST	02:15

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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