Mandy Flowers

Mandy Flowers
Jazz Acoustic Bassist

" . . . a young woman to watch for"
- Ray Hoffman, Jazz Improv, V. 3, N. 2

650-616-9408 (California)
flowers_mandy@hotmail.com
Mandy Flowers Philosophy The spirit of everything we are comes out in each note we play. The beauty is in the carefully finished details, clarity of ideas, sincerity of emotion, and the deep warm timbre of the bass.

Background Mandy is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College in Boston. She studied privately with Charlie Haden for two years, and bass grandmaster Ray Brown for seven years.
Performance With impeccable time, a strong groove, and a deep beautiful sound, she creates memorable, smooth, supportive bass lines and expressive melodic solos. Having both reading skills and improvising abilities, she has garnered experience in a wide range of performance types: small groups of all kinds, musicals, big band, free jazz, accompanying vocals and spoken word.
Available for local and touring performances; small bandleader.
Teaching Using an imaginative, personalized approach with individualized programs of study, Mandy assists students to gain the efficiency of good technique combined with attention to the big picture: the spiritual inquiry into true expression to find one's own musical voice.
Private students from beginner to professional now being accepted. E-mail and mail consultations also possible.
CD Release
CD Cover 		"Reflections." Mandy's debut recording as a bandleader is a one-hour program of jazz standards and original compositions featuring Alex Murzyn on Saxophone and flute and Noel Melanio on piano. This elegant, instrumental collection thoughtfully illuminates jazz styles from bebop to free to bossa nova and ballad.
Please contact flowers_mandy@hotmail.com for ordering information.
Press "Reflections" received a highly favorable review from Jazz Improv magazine, Vol. 3, No. 2, the Cannonball Adderly Issue.
Sound Clips Ornithology [excerpt, mp3, 2MB]
Stolen Moments [excerpt, mp3, 3MB]
Free Peace [excerpt, mp3, 2MB]
Mandy Flowers - Acoustic Bass, Alex Murzyn - Sax, Art Khu- Piano, Alex Aspinall- Drums.
Contact: Mandy Flowers
San Francisco Bay Area, Northern CA
650-616-9408
flowers_mandy@hotmail.com