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Growing up near Memphis, Tennessee, Ben Flint heard Jazz,

Blues, and Gospel Music throughout his teenage years. He

attended University of Memphis and the prestigious Berklee

College of Music on full scholarship.

After completing his degree at Berklee College of Music, he

returned to the South to resume his music career. Ben began by

conducting musical productions and teaching at the University of

Memphis. While in Memphis, he landed a keyboard position with

Isaac Hayes. Working with Isaac afforded Ben the opportunity to

travel to Australia, Europe, The Middle East, and all over the

United States. Ben has appeared with Mr. Hayes on television

shows such as Good Morning America, the Today show and Late

Night w/ David Letterman. He has also performed at the

Montreaux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, as well as the

Montreal and Brazil's Free Jazz festivals. As Hayes' keyboardist,

he appeared in the documentary "Only the Strong Survive".

Currently, Ben lives in the Bay Area. He teaches jazz choir and

combo at Diablo Valley College. In addition, he has been the

Artistic Director for the Oakland Jazz Choir for the past 6 years.

His first CD was released in 1998 on the One Truth label. Since

then, he has been featured on Ellen Robinson's two CD's, "On My

Way to You" and ‘Mercy’ ; two of Poet Lisa B’s releases - Cole

Porter Reimagined & Reverberant; and Blind Lemon’s latest

oeuvre After Hours. With longtime collaborator Gerard Harris, he

co-founded the group World Soul Project in 2004. Their first CD,

self titled, was released in 2004. The second CD, "Spirit Talk", hit