JAAZ

JAAZ takes full advantage of Rachel’s considerable vocal abilities in songs spanning the swing era to modern day. Edward provides strong guitar accompaniment and vocals to round out the sound. Some of the artists represented in their repertoire include Etta James, Doris Day, Peggy Lee, Norah Jones and Diana Krall. JAAZ provides a variety of jazz/swing/blues tunes and is equally at home as ambient background entertainment or headline performers.

Rachel Stewart graduated from UBC in 2008 where she studied opera. In her ‘opera life’, she is a coloratura soprano who has performed leading roles with companies in BC and Europe. When she is not doing this, she loves to sing the classic and beautiful songs of bygone eras. Rachel has always had an affinity for this style of music and has filled in for singers, performing with various swing and jazz ensembles. She is happy to be pursuing this avenue further.

Edward Pilkington has 30 years of professional experience in various genres of music. For the last 7 years, he had been playing in the Chinguacousy Swing Orchestra, as well as the Hot Club de Brampton and is comfortable performing in any kind of setting. Edward taught music for 16 years at Lillooet Secondary School, and 7 in Brampton, Ont. He is currently a guitar/bass teacher at the Long &McQuade Lesson Centre in Abbotsford.

Fraser Valley-based duo available for playing light jazz for all occasions.
Guitar and Vocals. (We are open to adding other instruments to the duo for specific gigs or songs, but the core group is Vocal/Guitar).

See below for examples from our song list. WE ARE ALWAYS ADDING NEW PIECES to our repertoire.
If you have special requests, we shall do our best to accomodate you!

Aint Misbehavin’
All of Me
Almost Like Being in Love
April Showers
Autumn Leaves
Blue Moon
Blue Skies
Can't Help Fallin in Love
C'est si Bon
Crazy
Cry Me a River
Desperado
Don’t Know Why
Dream Little Dream of Me
Edelweiss
Embaceable You
Fever
Fly Me to the Moon
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I Don’t Know Enough About You
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a LEtter
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
La Vie en Rose
Let's Fall in Love
Love Me Tender
On Broadway
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Peel Me a Grape
Pennies From Heaven
Quiet Nights of Quiet Starts
Route 66
Smile
Someone to Watch Over Me
Summertime
Sunday Kind of Love
Sway
The Nearness of You
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
What a Wonderful World
Why don't You Do Right
Unforgettable

Frosty the Snowman
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Jingle Bells
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Silent Night / Stille Nacht
White Christmas