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Ben Flocks CD Release - "Battle Mountain" at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on January 18, 2014
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, February 16, 2014
7:00 pm
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Musicians
About
"Battle Mountain features Ben Flocks/sax, Sam Reider/Piano, Rhodes,Accordian, Garret Lang/Bass and Evan Hughes/Drums.
http://www.benflocks.com/
"Incredibly excited to kick off 2014 by announcing the release of an EPK for my upcoming record “Battle Mountain.” The video features footage from our recording session at Tiny Telephone, along with live performance footage and interviews with my bandmates. Battle Mountain is out February 11th."
http://youtu.be/dhoUmV4NIJA
Ben Flocks, currently residing in Brooklyn, is a saxophonist, composer, and educator from Santa Cruz, California. Ben took advantage of a multitude of musical opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying with Trumpeter/Composer/Arranger Ray Brown. Ben was selected by Dave Brubeck as a Brubeck Institute Fellow in 2007, where he had the opportunity to study with Joe Gilman, Jeff Ballard, Christian McBride, Eric Harland, and Taylor Eigsti. He also traveled and performed at the Detroit Jazz Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Russian Embassy, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. with Dave Brubeck. Ben has performed with Joshua Redman and Yosvany Terry and kicked off the 2010 Monterey Jazz Festival with his own group....