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This album reflects flutist Andrea Brachfeld’s particular fondnesss for bebop, but she is better known as a Latin Jazz artist, even having led her own group in Venezuela for over two years. Besides training at the Manhattan School of Music, she had private instruction with Hubert Laws, Eddie Daniels, and George Coleman. Her initial Latin […]
“Brachfeld’s style of playing has blowing strength (as with a shakuhashi) and clarity.” ~Dr. Debra Jan Bibel, May 2018, amazon.com
“Brachfeld is highly esteemed as a flutist, bandleader, and composer, and this new recording is sure to find a warm welcome at jazz radio as well as with the jazz press.” ~Tomas Peña, Editor-in-Chief, May 2018, Jazzdelapena
On her third straight-ahead jazz album in the last six years, and second for Jazzheads, flutist Andrea Brachfeld is backed by her exceptional and simpatico working band Insight, with bassist Harvie S, drummer Jason Tiemann, and pianist Bill O’Connell, an invaluable longtime collaborator who along with Brachfeld, produced and arranged the CD. It features primarily […]
“Andrea Brachfeld truly is one of the most important voices in the history of the contemporary flute.” ~Raul da Gama, 2018, latinjazznet.com
“All of the music actually announces Miss Brachfeld’s genius in a quiet yet uncompromising manner. And most of these songs are also refreshing in their audacity and confidence. And all of these pieces on this striking recording show the flutist to be firing on all cylinders as she goes out of her way to emphasize the freshness and cheekiness of her voice.” ~Raul da Gama, May 2018, latinjazznet.com
“Anima Mea is a delight, with the right kind of pianissimo pyrotechnics as her fingers certainly do the talking in a masterly fashion.” ~Raul da Gama, May 2018, latinjazznet.com
“The Silence is vividly characterized, with the flutist running the gamut between dark turbulence and pastoral tranquility with absolute assurance. She does not waste time finding novel ways to dazzle – she just lets the music speak through her flute, often exercising unusual restraint where other musicians might take showy liberties.” ~Raul da Gama, May 2018, latinjazznet.com
“Every work on the disc is a unique showpiece and Miss Brachfeld plays each with exceptionally clear articulation in the flashes of intense virtuosity, as well as elegance and lyricism.” ~Raul da Gama, May 2018, latinjazznet.com