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…I kinda like the fresh approach of Andrea Brachfeld. Her basic quartet of flute, piano, bass and drums is augmented here by a number of guests, notably Wycliffe Gordon on trombone and Wallace Roney on trumpet…Her brisk opener, “Bebop Hanna,” is a flag-waver, and “Dead Ahead” is taken at a tempo not for the faint […]
With jazz flute, you’re always flirting with the danger of sounding like Muzak. There are several strategies for avoiding that fate, one of which is to swing really, really hard; another is to adopt a kind of super-woody tone that communicates musical seriousness; another is to shade off into avant-gardism. Andrea Brachfeld leans on none […]
Pity the poor flute. It suffered horrifically during the long siege of New Agery, which, oh please God let it be so!, now appears to finally have ground pretty much to a halt… …it appears intelligence is finding its way back to the surface. That’s certainly the case with Andrea Brachfeld’s Lady of the Island. […]
Andrea Brachfeld’s association with Charanga ’76,Wayne Wallace, Tipica Ideal, Tito Puente and many others helped to establish her as the first flute lady of Latin jazz, but that designation, while flattering, is limiting. Lady Of The Island posits that she’s actually been a closeted straight ahead player all along. For her fifth leader date, and […]
“Just do it!” — A bit of a bumper sticker and of course the famous calling card of the Nike brand but that same philosophy and approach to music can be the difference between a performer and a true artist. Flute players are a dime a dozen but artists that play flute are rare. Herbie […]
Hear Lady of the Island performed live at Trumpets, 6 Depot Square, Montclair, New Jersey. Cover: $15 Minimum $10 Reservations are suggested. Shows-7:30pm & 9:00pm Andrea Brachfeld and Phoenix Rising Flute- Andrea Brachfeld Alto sax- Anton Denner Trumpet- David Gottlieb Piano- Bill O’ Connell Bass- Andy Eulau Drums- Kim Plainfield Congas- Ismel Wignall Plus a […]
Published on the Zoho Music label with distribution by Allegro Corporation. To date, this may be the clearest representation of Andrea’s expression through her music. Though she has varied tastes in musical approaches and stylistic interpretations, she is a hard bopper at heart, and this is obvious on this CD. – Wycliffe Gordon
Hi everyone! Well it’s been a year since I’ve had the opportunity to write you all. I finished the CD in March of this year, 2012. Then it took another couple of months to gather the courage to even contact record companies to put the CD out. The advice I kept getting was that I […]
Reprinted from The New York Times http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/when-her-health-was-in-question-jazz-was-the-answer/ October 21, 2011, 8:36 AM Jazz Was the Answer By DAVID GONZALEZ On a leafy Brooklyn block, past a plain red door and down a narrow staircase, Andrea Brachfeld is curled up in a chair, head bobbing to a funky bass solo being played in a nearby room. […]
Hi all! I’m in the process of recording my 6th CD and it is a very special CD for me. I started my career playing Jazz and now I am finally getting back to my roots. That being said, there will definitely be tinges of all the music I have played throughout the years included […]