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3Divas: 3Divas

by Jerome Wilson
August 2, 2017

The DIVA Jazz Orchestra has been around for some years but this is a first time recording for its current rhythm section, Jackie Warren on piano, Amy Shook on bass and DIVA's founder and leader, Sherrie Maricle on drums. The immediate impression from this CD is that these women have a great time playing ...

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3Divas: 3Divas

by Geannine Reid
June 1, 2017

Sherrie Maricle is the leader and drummer for The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, FIVE PLAY, and The DIVA Jazz Trio, co-leader of the 3Divas, percussionist with The New York Pops, and a published composer/arranger. The other 2Ds of the 3Divas are pianist Jackie Warren and bassist Amy Shook. Warren is known for her abilities in jazz, Latin ...

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Special Kay!

By Sherrie Maricle

Label: Diva Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Did You Do That?; Nothin’; To Sweets with Love; Where’s the Food?; Give Me Your Love; How Ya Doin’?; You Made a Mistake; The Brush Off; Special Kay; Three Sisters and a Cousin.

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The DIVA Jazz Orchestra: Special Kay!

Read "Special Kay!" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 18, 2016

WOW! No, it is definitely not advisable to open a review with an unequivocal superlative (for one thing, it sort of gives the game away, doesn't it?). But on Special Kay!, its ninth impressive album in twenty-four years, DIVA--the gold standard among all-female big bands since its inception--really gives a commentator no reasonable ...

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All of Me

By Debra James Tucker

Label: Diva Records
Released: 2003

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Live in Concert

By Sherrie Maricle

Label: Diva Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Did You Do That?; Rockin? in Rhythm; In a Mellotone; Slambo; Prelude to a Kiss; Umbrella Man; I?ve Got the World on a String; How Ya Doin'?; Swing That Music; I?m Gonna Go Fishin' (74:34).

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Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra: Live in Concert

Read "Live in Concert" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 3, 2003

As I've mentioned before, my brother Tom swears he can tell the difference between male and female jazz musicians, especially in big bands. To test his ability to do so, I cobbled together a CD comprised of selections from the DIVA Jazz Orchestra's first three albums, slapped a fictitious male name on the label and sent ...

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I Believe in You

By Sherrie Maricle

Label: Diva Records
Released: 1999

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Simply Sunday Dance All Day

By Suzanne Grzanna

Label: Diva Records LLC
Released: 2020

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Sherrie Maricle and DIVA: I Believe in You

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 1999

Diva, according to Webster, is the female derivation of the Latin word divus — in English, “divine” — which is as accurate a term as any to use when describing drummer Sherrie Maricle’s high–powered New York–based big band whose third recording, I Believe in You, crackles with the sort of energy and passion inspired by Maricle’s ...