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Rick Flowers

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Rob Dz - voice 

Paul Dietrich - trumpet 

Harold Rayford, Jr - saxes 

Becca Grant - piano 

Richard Hildner - guitar 

Bruce Alford - bass 

Michael Walls - percussion 

Rick Flowers - drums  

Rick Flowers grew up deeply immersed in the sounds of funk, soul and blues. His musical journey began at the ripe age of eight with the saxophone, though as he developed as a musician he found himself more at home behind the drum set. His early years were spent in South Central Los Angeles and some of his first gigs were playing in his father's blues band. A force in the Madison music scene ever since, you might have caught him at running the jam at R Place on Park Street, accompanying countless artists around town, or co-leading an ensemble with Corey Wilkes featuring Harold Rayford at this year's Greater Isthmus Jazz Festival. A devout Christian, Flowers works to bridge the gap between jazz music and gospel, creating stirring, soulful music in the process. He first started writing for this ensemble last year in preparation for a well-received set at Strollin' Middleton.