Ben Flocks at Stanford Jazz Festival at Campbell Recital Hall

Brooklyn-based Ben Flocks came up through the Bay Area jazz scene, attending camps at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and performing with the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars and the Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Big Band. He was selected to study at the prestigious Brubeck Institute, where he played the Kennedy Center, the Russian Embassy and the Library of Congress with Dave Brubeck. Flocks has performed at several major jazz festivals including Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose, Detroit, Bern (Switzerland), Umbria (Italy) and Dubrovnik (Croatia). He holds a B.F.A. in Jazz Studies from the New School in New York and now serves as faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop...

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Brooklyn-based Ben Flocks came up through the Bay Area jazz scene, attending camps at the Stanford Jazz Workshop and performing with the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars and the Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Big Band. He was selected to study at the prestigious Brubeck Institute, where he played the Kennedy Center, the Russian Embassy and the Library of Congress with Dave Brubeck. Flocks has performed at several major jazz festivals including Monterey, San Francisco, San Jose, Detroit, Bern (Switzerland), Umbria (Italy) and Dubrovnik (Croatia). He holds a B.F.A. in Jazz Studies from the New School in New York and now serves as faculty at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. His debut album, Battle Mountain, was just released.

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