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
Pacific Salt	Patricia	Jazz Canadiana	04:32
Slavin, Martin Sextet	The Sweetest Sounds	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:45
Quartescence	Bossa Nova Scotia	ST	04:26
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - Thank God I'm a Country Boy	CBC Comp 436	02:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Only Want One Wife	Beautiful Canada	02:28
McDougall, Ian	You Go to My Head	The Very Thought Of You	03:27
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:01
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	I'll Walk Alone	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	03:09
MacPherson, Fraser	Pink and Purple Daisies	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:34
Black Cultured Pearl	Try Alittle Tenderness	Pearl	04:18
Black Cultured Pearl	Confessin'	Goin' Down Home	05:14
Robbins, Dave Band	Africa Lights (feat. Fraser Macpherson, Dave Robbins & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	04:03
Granger, Shirley	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:33
Pacific Salt	Raw Toast	Jazz Canadiana	04:00
Kenney, Mart	Mart Kenneys Classics	Classics	03:40
Pacific Salt	No Hope, No Fear	Jazz Canadiana	04:34
Robbins, Dave Band	June in Jerusalem (Dave Robbins)	ST	04:56
Jacobs, Dale	Discovery (CBC Radio Olympic Theme)	Live at Puccini's	03:03
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Speak Low	From CBC Vancouver	04:00
Robbins, Dave Band	Jazz Workshop Theme (March Winds Blow) II	Happy Faces	01:41
Centro, Vic Sextet	Midnight Sun	ST	01:58
McDougall, Ian	I'm Through With Love	The Very Thought Of You	03:42
Robbins, Dave Band	Minority (feat. Don Clark & Chris Gage)	Happy Faces	05:25
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Benny Goodman Medley	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:21
McDougall, Ian	Search	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:02
Pacific Salt	Aztec	ST	02:41
Kenney, Mart	It's Wonderful	Classics	02:21
Kenney, Mart	You're An Old Smoothie	Songs of Norma Locke	02:16
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
Kenney, Mart	Victory Parade Medley: I'll Be Seeing You - There Are Such Things - You'll Never Know	Songs of Norma Locke	03:44
MacPherson, Fraser	Cotton Jenny	Fraser's Flutes	02:48
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
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
McDougall, Ian	Moon River	The Very Thought Of You	03:39
Parker, Doug	Doug Parker Big Band - Carioca	Parker, Doug Big Band (split with Al Harris Ensemble)	02:53
Granger, Shirley	Country Feelin'	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Everybody Loves Somebody	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:20
Robbins, Dave Band	March Winds Blow (feat. Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	04:31
Parker, Doug	If	Vancouver Big Band	02:16
McDougall, Ian	Consider This	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:02
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Daddy Hear My Plea	Beautiful Canada	03:06
McDougall, Ian	It Had to Be You	The Very Thought Of You	03:21
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Talk Trap	One of My Bags	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Some of These Days, Bill Bailey (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:32
Thompson, Don	A Country Place	Country Place	07:20
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	As Time Goes By	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:28
Deep Cove Big Band	Everybody Loves My Baby	ST	01:57
Gillan, Marty	Talk It Over in the Morning	With Doug Parker Band	02:16
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	What a Wonderful World (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:21
Taylor, Joani	Alfie	Joani Taylor with Dave Robbins Orchestra and the Numerality Singers	02:44
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Here's That Rainy Day (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	03:17
McDougall, Ian	A Portrait of Jenny	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	06:21
Thompson, Don	Circles	Circles	04:20
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	Big Spender	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:10
Deep Cove Big Band	Moonlight Serenade	ST	03:35
Black Cultured Pearl	Poor Butterfly	Goin' Down Home	03:05
McDougall, Ian	Blue Daniel	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	06:38
Thompson, Don	Second Voyage	Country Place	06:21
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Nobody Loves Me	Beautiful Canada	02:38
Slavin, Martin Sextet	Loads of Love	ST (split with Charles Coleman Trio)	02:37
MacPherson, Fraser	Pussywillows, Cattails	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	02:50
McDougall, Ian	Musette	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	04:38
Hales, Bobby Big Band	The Writing's On the Wall (Domenic Troiano)	Vancouver Instrumental	02:12
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Girl From Ipanema	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	02:08
Black Cultured Pearl	Secret Love	Pearl	04:17
Robbins, Dave Band	Sixes & Sevens (feat. Dick Forrest & Fraser Macpherson)	Happy Faces	07:10
Thompson, Don	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Circles	03:29
Compilation	Doug Parker Orchestra - The Immigrant	CBC Comp 436	02:59
McDougall, Ian	Songbird	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	02:27
Pacific Salt	Spring's Garden	Vancouver Instrumental Group	01:40
McDougall, Ian	Floppy	Music by Ian McDougall	05:57
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Beautiful Canada	Beautiful Canada	02:53
Bell, Bob	Necropolis 2	Necropolis	04:36
Compilation	Diana Krall - As Long As I Live	Jazz Vancouver	04:42
Thompson, Don	Soul Eyes	Circles	03:40
Centro, Vic Sextet	Darn That Dream	ST	02:07
Robbins, Dave Band	Didn't We?	ST	03:50
McDougall, Ian	Then Came September	Rio (Ron Johnston, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon)	05:42
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Red Roses for a Blue Lady	A Tribute to the Crooners	02:48
Pacific Salt	Something Soft	ST	05:43
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	You Stepped Out of a Dream	From CBC Vancouver	02:36
Ginn, Judy (Walchuk)	What Did I Have	The Songs of Judy Ginn, Orchestra Directed By Doug Parker	02:22
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	That Holiday Feeling (vocals Juliette)	Swingin' & Singin' (With Juliette)	01:58
Taylor, Joani	Harbour in the Storm	CBC Comp 417 comp	03:20
Ramsay, Miles & Dave Robbins Big Band	Love	From CBC Vancouver	02:28
Hasselbach, Mark	Sunspots	Perspective: Solar Winds	06:36
Robbins, Dave Band	Howe Sound (Don Clark)	ST	03:54
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Santa Dear Santa	Beautiful Canada	01:59
Hales, Bobby Big Band	Minor Event: Guitar Solo	One of My Bags	06:23
MacPherson, Fraser	Sunshine Superman	The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra	03:30
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Stardust	A Tribute to the Crooners	04:10
Hasselbach, Mark	Kanoa	Perspective: Solar Winds	02:48
Richards, Dal & his Orchestra	Route 66	Dal Richards! And Friends	03:02
Parker, Doug	Wide Open Spaces	Vancouver Instrumental	02:06
Anders, Thora and Lance Harrison	Vancouver	Vancouver	02:02
McDougall, Ian	Carrol, Cordova and Hastings	Music by Ian McDougall	04:39
McDougall, Ian	Mc Not Mac And Two 'L's	Warmth Of The Horn (Ian McDougall Quartet)	04:44
Parker, Doug	Profile	Vancouver Instrumental	02:37
Compilation	Metalwood - Teed	Jazz Vancouver	05:49
Black Cultured Pearl	Wrap Your Troubles Away	Pearl	04:17

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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