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
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Pacific Salt	So Be It	Jazz Canadiana	05:36
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Circles	05:09
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Keepin' Myself for You	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:52
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Dark Young Man	Vancouver Instrumental	01:57
Taylor, Joani	Flyin' Angel	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:12
Robbins, Dave Band	Ripple Rock (Don Clark)	ST	04:06
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Robbins, Dave Band	Happy Faces (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
McDougall, Ian	English Bay	Music by Ian McDougall	03:12
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Some More	Goin' Down Home	06:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Alfie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:48
Jacobs, Dale	What Else	Live at Puccini's	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Carousel Song	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Taylor, Joani	You, True to Love	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:05
Pacific Salt	You're My Little Sweetheart	ST	08:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Am I Blue	Pearl	04:16
Parker, Doug	Baby I'm a Want You	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 2	Goin' Down Home	09:15
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Medley - I'll See You In My Dreams; Does Your Heart Beat For Me; Dancing in the Dark	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:44
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
McDougall, Ian	Rio	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:32
Pacific Salt	North Bluff Stomp	ST	07:48
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
McNeil, Lynne	My Love (Lynne McNeil)	I Did It!...My Way	02:26
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Tilden, Bruce	Maybe This Time	Together Ensemble	03:21
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	04:50
Parker, Doug	If You Could Read My Mind	Vancouver Instrumental	02:30
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Instrumental)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:35
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Robbins, Dave Band	Jean	ST	03:49
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Pacific Salt	Goose Juice	ST	02:40
Tilden, Bruce	Attitude	Together Ensemble	04:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Walkin' On New Grass (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:00
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	How High the Moon	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sing Sing Sing	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:07
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
McDougall, Ian	Smile	The Very Thought Of You	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 1	Necropolis	04:35
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Writing	CBC Comp 436	03:03
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Going Out of My Head	From CBC Vancouver	03:00
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
McNeil, Lynne	Ragtime Annie (Lynne McNeil - Byron Bulloch)	I Did It!...My Way	02:46
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Girl From Ipanema	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:08
Taylor, Joani	How Insensitive	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	03:51
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Shadow, The Guiding Eye Dog	Beautiful Canada	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
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
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Broadway	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	03:46
Deep Cove Big Band	Begin the Beguine	ST	03:05
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
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Compilation	The Ian McDougall Sextet - Ian Leaps Out	Jazz Vancouver	05:30
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I Love Being Here With You	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:12
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Tilden, Bruce	Garden of Gethsemane	Together Ensemble	05:30
McDougall, Ian	It's My Turn	Just a Song	03:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Wynton 3	Goin' Down Home	07:22
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Compilation	Miles & Miles Duo - Sweet and Lovely	Jazz Vancouver	05:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
McDougall, Ian	Nevertheless I'm In Love With You	The Very Thought Of You	03:05
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Sunrise, Sunset (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:39

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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