Mostly associated with New York’s Latin Jazz and “salsa” scenes (it has been alleged that she was the first female flutist to be featured by a U.S- based Charanga, back in the mid-1970s), Andrea Brachfeld returns to her bebop roots on the CD “Lady of the Island”, in which she tastefully combines jazz standards and originals,while exhibiting her impeccable technique and admirable melodic skills, with the support of a distinguished cast of sidemen and special guests that include such gifted players as pianist Bill O’ Connell, percussionist Chembo Corniel, trumpeter Wallace Roney, and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, the latter of whom offered the following comment: “Though she (Andrea) has varied tastes in musical approaches and stylistic interpretations, she is a hard bopper at heart, and this is obvious on this date.” To which I must reply: “Amen, brother Gordon!”
– Luis Tamargo, Latin Beat Magazine, Dec.2012-Jan.2103