A conversation with Jersey City flute player Andrea Brachfeld about her music can quickly head down some unexpected and revelatory paths, filled with expressions such as “vibrational universe,” “chakras,” and “evolution of the soul.”
But don’t let the New Age-y vernacular cloud your senses.
Brachfeld is at the top of her game. She’s an in-demand jazz musician who tore up the Charanga music scene for years…
…Brachfeld this month released her sixth CD, “Lotus Blossom,” an improvisational jazz tour de force…
…For now, nothing seems to be blocking Brachfeld’s path to success. After a lifetime of study, practice, and self-discovery, she is playing the music she wants to play with the musicians she wants to play with.
“It’s a search for universal sound, a vibration that everybody will feel,” Brachfeld said of her goal as a musician. “Ultimately, it’s more about being much more introspective and getting as deep as possible to the truth in yourself.”
The Jersey Journal
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October 27, 2015
Ken Thorbourne
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