Jami Dauber
Trumpet 2, Manager

Jami Dauber is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where she earned a Masters degree in Jazz Studies and was the first female trumpet player in the world-renowned One O'clock Lab Band. Her Bachelor's degree is in Music Education from the University of Florida (Go Gators!).

After a brief stint in Branson, Missouri, Jami relocated to New York City, joined DIVA in early 1995, and has been the Manager of the band since 2004. She has studied trumpet with Don "Jake" Jacoby, Victor Paz, Laurie Frink, and John McNeil.

Jami enjoys an active freelance career and has subbed on such Broadway shows as West Side Story, Little Mermaid, The Producers, Wonderful Town, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Man of La Mancha, Music Man, Showboat, Titanic, and Little Me, starring Martin Short. She held a chair in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in 2009 and is a member of the Ellington Legacy.

Jami's teaching experience includes private lessons and being a part of the New York Pops Education Programs since 1997.

Jami can be heard on six of DIVA's CDs: Johnny Mandel - A Man & His Music, Live at Dizzy's, T.N.T. - Tommy Newsom Tribute, Live in Concert, I Believe in You, and Leave it to DIVA, which includes Jami's arrangement of "Makin' Whoopee".

She can also be heard on the FIVE PLAY CDs What the World Needs Now and FIVE PLAY... Plus; debut CDs by Joy Wright (Just You, Just Me) and Debra Barsha (Women in Windows); Don Adolfo and his Orquestra Organizacion's Ritmo Caliente; and Ed Palermo's Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa.