[3] He collaborated with artists such as Chet Baker, Massimo Urbani, Bruno Tommaso, Lee Konitz, Sal Nistico, Paolo Fresu, Gianni Basso, Paolo Damiani, Claudio Fasoli, Riccardo Del Fra, Al Cohn, Steve Grossman, Al Grey, Bobby Watson, Bob Mover, Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, David Murray, Nicola Stilo, Enrico Rava, Muhal Richard Abrams, Tony Scott, Tullio De Piscopo, Pietro Tonolo, Roberto Gatto, Alfred Kramer, Flavio Boltro, Barbara Casini.
[4][5] From 1979 to 1987 he taught at the Andrea del Sarto Institute in Florence, resuming his teaching activity in 1993, and participated in workshops in Siena as a piano teacher from 1985 to 1987, where he had numerous pupils; among them the renowned pianist Stefano Bollani.
[6] In October 1987, the mental illness that would accompany him for the rest of his life exploded, leading him to episodes of self-harm, including the injury of a hand and an ear and the consequent loss of hearing from this.
His mental discomfort led him to the extreme choice: on 29 March 1995, 10 days after a last recording session in piano solo at Planet Sound Studios in Florence, he committed suicide in his house in Montevarchi.
[7] A biographical film called Piano, Solo, starring Kim Rossi Stuart as Flores and directed by Riccardo Milani, was released in 2007.