{"id":9304,"date":"2018-03-26T00:07:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9304"},"modified":"2018-03-26T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T07:06:03","slug":"monday-recommendation-diva-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/03\/monday-recommendation-diva-at-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: DIVA At 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"target=\"><strong>The DIVA Jazz Orchestra<\/strong> 25th Anniversary Project<\/a> (ArtistShare)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/71d8BimlojL._SX522_-e1522046222533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>It has been a quarter of a century since Buddy Rich\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manager and relief drummer Stanley Kay found himself conducting a band whose drummer was young Sherrie Maricle. Intrigued by her playing, Kay set out to find whether there were other women jazz musicians of comparable talent. There were. DIVA was soon born and has been an important big band ever since. Its longtime leader, Maricle has booked the band into Dizzy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Club Coca Cola in New York City on Thursday, March 29, to celebrate the anniversary and release the anniversary album.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-release listening confirms the band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strength across all sections, and the instrumental skill and gusto of the soloists. Maricle assigned ten of the instrumentalists, including her, to compose and arrange new pieces in observance of the anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>A few of the album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s many impressive moments:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Arranger Leigh Pizer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s incorporation of a spontaneous-sounding, carefully written, trombone-baritone saxophone duet in the opening \u00e2\u20ac\u0153East Coast Andy.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Jami Dauber\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trumpet solo on the same piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Trumpeters Barbara Longora and Liesl Whitaker facing off in contrasting solos on Longora\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Jami\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tune,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which has 1920s implications without being dated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The album\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ballad, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Forever In My Heart,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d written by Maricle, with moving solos by flugelhornist Rachel Therrien, bassist Noriko Euda and pianist Tomoko Ohno.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Maricle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s drum fills and solo on her powerful piece \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Rhythm Changes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Not with a composition by a DIVA member, but playing a piece that may be familiar, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the band at Birdland with Ms. Ohno prominent in the proceeding.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J9RKvP5CcZg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Stanley Kay knew that he was hearing someone special that night in 1993. DIVA commemorates his essential role in the band\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s history with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DUVdYt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another recent album<\/a>, named in his honor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/513Kaemt-xL._SS500-e1522046545362.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DIVA Jazz Orchestra 25th Anniversary Project (ArtistShare) It has been a quarter of a century since Buddy Rich\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manager and relief drummer Stanley Kay found himself conducting a band whose drummer was young Sherrie Maricle. Intrigued by her playing, Kay set out to find whether there were other women jazz musicians of comparable talent. 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