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Rachel Flowers
Rachel Flowers with the Taylor Eigsti Trio at the Blue Whale, Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2015
Background information
Born (1993-12-21) December 21, 1993 (age 30)
National City, California
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Keyboards, flute, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, saxophone, pitched percussion, software synthesizers, voice[citation needed]
Years active2000–present
Websiterachelflowersmusic.com

Rachel Flowers (born December 21, 1993) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer.

Career

Flowers took second place in the student jazz contest at the Ventura Music Festival in Ventura, California, in 2010, and won it in the following year.[1]

She works in the jazz, classical, soul, R&B, and progressive idioms.[citation needed] She has performed with Dweezil Zappa,[2][3] Arturo Sandoval,[1][4] Taylor Eigsti,[5][6] Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Marc Bonilla, Jordan Rudess, Steve Porcaro,[7] Rick Wakeman, Burt Bacharach, and Bob Reynolds.[8]

A documentary film about her, Hearing Is Believing, was released in 2017.[9]

Discography

  • 2016 – Listen
  • 2017 – Hearing Is Believing (Music from the Soundtrack)
  • 2018 – Going Somewhere

References

  1. ^ a b Commitment to Education. Ventura Music Festival. Archived March 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Zappa, Dweezil (April 27, 2015). "On The Road 1 Mo' Again". Dweezil Zappa. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Montana – Rachel Flowers w/Zappa Plays Zappa (Video). April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  4. ^ Rachel Flowers at the Ventura Music Festival – Feb 12, 2011 (Video). February 16, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Taylor Eigsti Calendar". Taylor Eigsti. January 15, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
  6. ^ Rachel Flowers w/ Taylor Eigsti Trio (Video). January 16, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Barnes, Mike (May 29, 2016). "All-Star Musicians Pay Respect to Keith Emerson at Tribute Concert in Los Angeles". billboard.
  8. ^ "Santa Barbara, CA – Summer 2014". Mission Jazz. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Neil Genzlinger (June 15, 2017). Review: Hearing Is Believing Documents a Rare Talent. The New York Times. Archived June 16, 2017.