Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 lounge music

Lounge music

Lounge music is a retrospective description of music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a type of mood music meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place — a jungle, an island paradise, outer space, et cetera — other than where they are listening to it...

 and jazz band.

History

The band was formed by Jaymz Bee

Jaymz Bee

Jaymz Bee is a Canadian musician, writer and radio personality.-Personal life:Jaymz was born and raised in North Bay, Ontario. He is a graduate of Inglenook Community High School.-Early career:...

 (current host of "Jazz In The City" on CJRT-FM

CJRT-FM

CJRT-FM is a Canadian public radio station, which broadcasts at 91.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. CJRT currently operates as JAZZ.FM91.The station transmits at a strength of 40,000 watts; as its transmitter facilities are at the CN Tower...

), following the breakup of The Look People

The Look People

Look People was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. They had a moderate hit in 1991 with a cover of War's "Low Rider", and received five CASBY Award nominations for their CD Small Fish, Big Pond....

, and were quickly offered a spot on Molly Johnson

Molly Johnson

Molly Johnson, OC is a Canadian Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter of pop and jazz.-Biography:Johnson began as a child performer, receiving formal training from the National Ballet School and the Banff School of Fine Arts...

's Kumbaya Festival

Kumbaya Festival

The Kumbaya Festival was an annual Canadian music festival in the 1990s.It was organized by Molly Johnson as a benefit for Canadian charities and groups doing work around HIV and AIDS, and was broadcast annually on MuchMusic....

 bill. The band's best known album, 1997's Cocktail: Shakin' and Stirred, featured lounge interpretations of classic Canadian rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 songs, ranging from Rush

Rush (band)

Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...

, Jim Vallance

Jim Vallance

James Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...

  and Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

 to Crash Test Dummies

Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...

 and Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...

. Some of the vocalists featured on the disc were Tim Tamashiro

Tim Tamashiro

Tim Tamashiro is a Canadian jazz singer, radio broadcaster and speaker."The Tim Tamashiro Show" is a combination of two music videos for the songs "Alright, Okay You Win" and "Drive In". The videos are directed by Steve Goldsworthy and Matthew Kershaw....

, Frank Nevada, John Alcorn, Roger Clown, Big Rude Jake

Big Rude Jake

Big Rude Jake is a singer, songwriter and jazz musician based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He recorded several albums with different jazz ensembles and musicians, mixing rock, jump blues, blues, ragtime, swing, rhythm and blues and punk rock together...

, Melleny Melody

Melleny Brown

Born in Toronto, Canada, Melleny Brown is a singer, songwriter, artist, music producer, video producer and voice actress....

, Robbie Rox, and John Southworth

John Southworth (musician)

John Southworth is an English-Canadian singer-songwriter. His style encompasses a range of popular song genres, from oldies-radio to folk, 80’s pop to cabaret...

.

The core of the band consisted of Bee, Jono Grant

Jono Grant

-Biography:Jono Grant is part of the electronic dance group Above & Beyond.From a very early age Jono learned to play the piano and guitar, and moved on to synthesisers as soon as he could afford to buy them after being inspired as a child by the music of Jean-Michel Jarre, the Pet Shop Boys, New...

 on piano and guitar, Great Bob Scott on drums, George Koller

George Koller

George Koller is a Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist who has played professionally and extensively within most genres of music and is best known for his work in jazz, free jazz, folk music, world music and world fusion...

 on bass, Sarah McElcheran  on trumpet, Jim Bish on saxophone, flute and clarinet, Richard Underhill

Richard Underhill

Richard Underhill is a Canadian jazz saxophonist. A founding member of the jazz fusion group The Shuffle Demons, he has toured Europe and Canada to critical acclaim for over 27 years. Underhill won a 2003 Juno Award for his jazz solo debut Tales from the Blue Lounge, and was nominated for the Prix...

 on alto and soprano sax and Collen Allen on tenor sax and flute. A vast array of guest vocalists have also performed with the band, including Molly Johnson, Kyree Vibrant, Monika Deol

Monika Deol

Monika Deol is a Canadian television personality. She began as a reporter for Citytv in Toronto, and later became a VJ for MuchMusic, hosting and co-producing Electric Circus from 1988 to 1996...

, Ed the Sock

Ed the Sock

Ed the Sock is a puppet, created and voiced by Steven Kerzner, that became a Canadian television personality in the 1990s, best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and his own talk show, Ed's Night Party, later renamed Ed & Red's Night Party...

, Moxy Früvous

Moxy Früvous

Moxy Früvous was a politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The band was founded in 1989, and was active throughout the 1990s...

, Greg Keelor

Greg Keelor

Greg Keelor is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the band Blue Rodeo, where he shares song writing and vocal duties with Jim Cuddy. Keelor has also released three solo albums and appeared as a guest musician on albums by Crash Vegas and Melissa McClelland...

, Albert Schultz

Albert Schultz

Albert Schultz is a Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company.-Education:...

, Sophia Perlman, and Ralph Benmergui

Ralph Benmergui

Raphael Benmergui is a Canadian television and radio personality and political advisor. Most recently a morning host on JAZZ.FM91, he left the station on November 26, 2010, and currently holds the position of director of communications for Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation.Born in...

. Many singers, such as Michael Bublé

Michael Bublé

Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...

, Sophie Milman and DK Ibomeka

DK Ibomeka

DK Ibomeka is a Canadian singer.Born in London, Ontario, Canada, he is the son of Nigerian immigrants to Canada.He was on his way to becoming a doctor when he discovered his passion for singing...

, have also gone on to do their own recordings and tours since guesting with the band.

Current vocalists on the RJO roster include Julie Michels, Alex Pangman, Jef "Vegas" Farquharson, Marieve Herington, Heather Bambrick and Roger Clown, to name a few.

The Royal Jelly Orchestra rarely perform for the public. For the most part, the band perform at charity galas, corporate events, awards shows and big budget private parties. Current plans include an instrumental party album to be released in the summer of 2009.

Discography

• Jaymz Bee and His Royal Jelly Orchestra, 1995
• Cocktail: Shakin' and Stirred, 1997
• A Christmas Cocktail, 1997
• ClintEastWoodyAllenAlda, 1998
• We'll Be Right Back With More, 1999
• Life of the Party, 2000
• Seriously Happy, 2004
• Toronto Launch Pad, 2006