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
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
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
Kenney, Mart	Christmas Is A-Comin'	Songs of Norma Locke	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 5	Necropolis	14:54
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Compilation	The Brad Turner Quartet - Nomad	Jazz Vancouver	06:06
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Opening)	The Hockey Theme	00:56
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everyone is Singing	Beautiful Canada	02:22
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Centro, Vic Sextet	Serenata	ST	02:03
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
Black Cultured Pearl	But Beautiful	Goin' Down Home	06:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	When it Snows	Beautiful Canada	02:51
Taylor, Joani	In the Name of Love	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Song	Classics	02:37
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Meditation	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	03:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Cotton Fields	From CBC Vancouver	03:50
Gillan, Marty	Laugh to Laugh Again	With Doug Parker Band	03:10
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Thompson, Don	Windows	Circles	03:57
Black Cultured Pearl	Smiles	Goin' Down Home	03:29
Centro, Vic Sextet	Gone With the Wind	ST	02:15
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Dear Heart	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Kenney, Mart	Sometimes (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:01
Claman, Dolores	The Hockey Theme (Closing Big Band March)	The Hockey Theme	02:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Asiatic Raes (feat. Don Clark, Fraser Macpherson & Paul Ruhland)	Happy Faces	05:23
McDougall, Ian	Lightly Turning	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:14
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Davis, Bruce Quintet	Saskatchewan I Love You	Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You	02:24
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Drum Solo	One of My Bags	04:02
Kenney, Mart and his Orchestra	We're Proud of Canada	We're Proud of Canada // Get Your Wings (Fox Trot)	03:15
Deep Cove Big Band	Pennsylvania 6-5000	ST	03:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Laughter in the Rain	CBC Comp 436	02:00
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Skies	Goin' Down Home	02:38
Tilden, Bruce	Cooking on Sunday	Together Ensemble	04:58
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
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	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
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
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley: That Naughty Waltz - Destiny Waltz - On Miami Shore	Songs of Norma Locke	03:31
MacPherson, Fraser	Ballad of the Sad Young Men	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:24
Quartescence	Rainy Days	ST	10:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Deed I Do	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:41
Black Cultured Pearl	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Pearl	04:25
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Taylor, Joani	Paper Cup	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Dixieland Express Jazz Band	There's a Lot to See in B.C.	There's a Lot to See in B.C. b/w Twelfth St. Rag (picture sleeve)	03:39
Black Cultured Pearl	Blue Moon	Pearl	03:42
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:16
Kenney, Mart	Heart of Mine (vocals Georgia Dey)	Classics	03:20
Tilden, Bruce	Goodmorning Heartache	Together Ensemble	05:48
Compilation	Ross Taggart - TV Lunch	Jazz Vancouver	05:46
McDougall, Ian	Sweet Love	Music by Ian McDougall	04:47
Jacobs, Dale	It's Only The Perfect Love	Live at Puccini's	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Bells of San Rafael	Beautiful Canada	03:16
Taylor, Joani	Here, There, Everywhere	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:26
Deep Cove Big Band	My Funny Valentine	ST	04:09
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Come Fly With Me	From CBC Vancouver	01:57
MacPherson, Fraser	Easy to be Hard	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:09
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	So Long Dearie	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	01:58
Slavin, Martin Sextet	It Happened in the Spring	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	03:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Games People Play	ST	02:30
McDougall, Ian	Killin' Time	Just a Song	03:34
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Jacobs, Dale	Visions of Rio	Live at Puccini's	06:24
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
MacPherson, Fraser	Everybody's Talkin'	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:13
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nothing is as Nice	Beautiful Canada	02:29
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Pacific Salt	Bossa Bossa	Vancouver Instrumental Group	02:41
Compilation	Pat Coleman and The Bob Murphy Quartet - Alone Together	Jazz Vancouver	06:28
MacPherson, Fraser	For All We Know	Fraser's Flutes	02:22
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Where Or When	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:29
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
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
McNeil, Lynne	Lover Man	I Did It!...My Way	04:18
Kenney, Mart	'Swonderful	Songs of Norma Locke	01:58
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42

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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