The American flute player Andrea Brachfeld was recently the winner of the ‘Best Jazz Flute’ in the Hot House Magazine Awards (to add to her previous awards). In the notes with her new CD, she tells about a spiritual journey and how it has affected her playing today. The difference between ‘playing at jazz’ and […]

The flutist Andrea Brachfeld is one of the most magnificent flutists playing today. She can conjure up any thing of beauty from the flutter of a lapwing to the excited palpitations of the heart; describe ecstasy in welling up in the soul with uncanny facility, weep like a willow and bring alive the excited yelp […]

http://thefluteview.com/2015/12/andrea-brachfeld-lady-of-the-island/ Andrea Brachfeld has a new CD- Lotus Blossom.  I’m starting with her list of musicians since this album is a beautiful collaboration of extraordinary jazz musicians.  The quartet perform seamlessly and creatively always with an interesting twist and turn! Highlights (there are too many to name) include Herbie Mann’s “Memphis Underground” (track 4) with […]

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 […]

Rick’s Pick Andrea Brachfeld is a flutist equally comfortable playing Latin jazz or straight-ahead swing/bop/postbop styles; her tone is consistently warm and woody, her phrasing lithe, her time impeccable. And she possesses that essential but rare trait: the ability to express herself deeply without taxing the patience of the listener. Listen, for example, to the […]