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Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra celebrate 10 years together with this collection of seriously happy standards like When You’re Smiling, I’ve Got The World On A String, Get Happy, and Let The Good Times Roll all done in that signature Royal Jelly big-band style. Also features one original, Who Wouldn’t Care For You, sung by the inexhaustible Alex Pangman. Nothing terribly new or groundbreaking, but the vocal abilities here are enormous and the arrangements flawlessly tight. Very nice. All this exuberance. I have to go lie down. Jaymz Bee releases Seriously Happy at the Top O’ the Senator Monday (April 26).