Background
One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who are actually from the West Coast, Flores was born Charles Walter Flores in Orange, California, and grew up in Santa Ana.
One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who are actually from the West Coast, Flores was born Charles Walter Flores in Orange, California, and grew up in Santa Ana.
Manne and others considered Flores an underrated drummer. He is less well known than many other West Coast drummers, perhaps because personal problems caused him to disappear from the jazz scene for many years.