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
McDougall, Ian	The Very Thought of You	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cold & Lonely Bird	Beautiful Canada	03:03
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Maisquinada	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Have Vine Will Swing (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Don Thompson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	06:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Rudolph's Son	Beautiful Canada	02:49
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	As Usual	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:46
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	These Foolish Things	Dal Richards! And Friends	04:01
Robbins, Dave Band	Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins)	Happy Faces	05:29
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
Black Cultured Pearl	Lover Man	Goin' Down Home	05:16
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:01
Deep Cove Big Band	Witchcraft	ST	02:50
Black Cultured Pearl	Stormy Weather	Goin' Down Home	06:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Welcome to Vancouver	Beautiful Canada	01:42
Kenney, Mart	Creole Love Call (featuring Gordie Braund)	Songs of Norma Locke	02:36
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
McDougall, Ian	That Old Feeling	The Very Thought Of You	03:06
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Kenney, Mart	Waltz Medley	Classics	03:34
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
McDougall, Ian	I Remember You	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:51
Robbins, Dave Band	Westcoasting (feat. Dave Quarin & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	03:10
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Deep Cove Big Band	For Swinging Dancers	ST	02:27
Deep Cove Big Band	String of Pearls	ST	02:58
Thompson, Don	A House is Not a Home	Circles	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Out in the West	Beautiful Canada	02:27
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
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
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Black Cultured Pearl	Body and Soul	Pearl	04:15
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:44
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Other Side of the Tracks	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:32
Granger, Shirley	Givin' Up the Man I Love	Amist the Black Eyes	02:42
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:40
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	A Tribute to the Crooners	03:24
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Come Back To Me	vocalist, with Doug Parker Orchestra (split with Mary-Lou Collins & Ricky Hyslop Orchestra)	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Blue Skies	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:40
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 3	Necropolis	05:31
Pacific Salt	Four Leaf Clover Man	ST	02:41
Parker, Doug	We've Only Just Begun	Vancouver Big Band	02:48
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Thompson, Don	One Morning In May	Circles	03:23
McDougall, Ian	Wouldn't You Like	Just a Song	03:09
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Honeysuckle Gal	Beautiful Canada	02:45
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	12th Street Rag	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:36
Pacific Salt	16th Avenue Shuffle	Jazz Canadiana	03:40
Thrasher, Sibel	Road to Paradise	Road to Paradise	04:47
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Too Late Now	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:38
Perry, P.J.	Until It's Time for You to Go	Saxophone - Bobby Hales Orchestra, Vancouver	02:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
McDougall, Ian	Just a Song	Just a Song	04:03
MacPherson, Fraser	Killing Me Softly With His Song	With The Doug Parker Orchestra (Vancouver flutist)	02:31
McDougall, Ian	Memories of You	Just a Song	03:38
Kenney, Mart	P.S. I Love You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	All Of Me	Dal Richards! And Friends	02:43
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Compilation	Oliver Gannon - Quicksilver	Jazz Vancouver	05:47
Black Cultured Pearl	Pennies from Heaven	Goin' Down Home	03:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicken Song	Beautiful Canada	02:34
Hasselbach, Mark	Flying Fish	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:00
Kenney, Mart	I Thought About You	Songs of Norma Locke	03:11
Granger, Shirley	Shake a Hand	Amist the Black Eyes	04:14
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Hey There	From CBC Vancouver	03:41
Black Cultured Pearl	World On a String	Pearl	05:21
Centro, Vic Sextet	It's Only a Paper Moon	ST	02:29
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Babalu	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:19
Hasselbach, Mark	Afrodesia	Perspective: Solar Winds	05:48
Centro, Vic Sextet	Moonlight Serenade	ST	02:17
McDougall, Ian	Fly Away	Just a Song	03:56
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
McDougall, Ian	Cliches	Music by Ian McDougall	04:22
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Piano Solo	One of My Bags	06:04
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	The Hour of Parting (Vocal)	A Tribute to the Crooners	01:48
Compilation	Ian McDougall - Seems Like Samba	CBC Comp 409	03:18
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:22
Black Cultured Pearl	If I Had You	Pearl	03:57
Tilden, Bruce	Fever	Together Ensemble	03:38
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Pacific Salt	Old Yale	ST	03:44
Kenney, Mart	Wooden Heart	Classics	02:04
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 4	Necropolis	05:14
Hales, Bobby Big Band	What Would I Do Without You	Vancouver Instrumental	02:15
Robbins, Dave Band	Sunday Blues (Don Clark)	ST	04:25
McDougall, Ian	Lament	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:32
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Alto Sax Solo	One of My Bags	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Just Say a Prayer	Beautiful Canada	03:01
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
Black Cultured Pearl	Smile	Pearl	03:43
Kenney, Mart	The West A Nest And You (Theme)	Songs of Norma Locke	01:15
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	You'll Never Walk Alone	Beautiful Canada	02:42
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
McDougall, Ian	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	05:13

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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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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Davis, Bruce Quintet - Buffalo Daze b/w Saskatchewan I Love You

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