Rachel Flowers Explained

Rachel Flowers
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Birth Date:	21 December 1993
Birth Place:	National City, California
Occupation:	Musician, composer
Years Active:	2000–present
Associated Acts:	Rachel Flowers Trio, Zappa Plays Zappa, Keith Emerson Orchestra, RPM Trio

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

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.

She has performed with Dweezil Zappa,^{[1] [2]} Arturo Sandoval,^[3] Taylor Eigsti,^{[4] [5]} Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Marc Bonilla, Jordan Rudess, Steve Porcaro,^[6] Rick Wakeman, Burt Bacharach, and Bob Reynolds.^[7]

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

Discography

• 2016 – Listen
• 2017 – Hearing Is Believing (Music from the Soundtrack)
• 2018 – Going Somewhere
• 2021 – Bigger on the Inside

Notes and References

1. Web site: On The Road 1 Mo' Again.. Zappa. Dweezil. April 27, 2015. Dweezil Zappa. April 2, 2017.
2. April 27, 2015. Montana – Rachel Flowers w/Zappa Plays Zappa. Video. April 5, 2017.
3. February 16, 2011. Rachel Flowers at the Ventura Music Festival – Feb 12, 2011. Video. March 28, 2017.
4. Web site: Taylor Eigsti Calendar. Taylor Eigsti. January 15, 2015. April 4, 2017.
5. January 16, 2015. Rachel Flowers w/ Taylor Eigsti Trio. Video. April 5, 2017.
6. Barnes. Mike. May 29, 2016. All-Star Musicians Pay Respect to Keith Emerson at Tribute Concert in Los Angeles. billboard.
7. Web site: Santa Barbara, CA – Summer 2014. Mission Jazz. April 5, 2017.