Rachel Flowers

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

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
National City, California
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Years active2000–present
Websiterachelflowersmusic.com

Career

Flowers was born 15 weeks prematurely, which resulted in her becoming permanently blind a few weeks after her birth.

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

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
  • 2021 – Bigger on the Inside

References
  1. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.