A Smile on the Beach of Ipanema
“Brachfeld’s tone and solos are lyrical and always optimistic. There’s a smile on the beach of Ipanema.” ~George Harris, Jazz Weekly, February 2020
EXOTIC SOUNDS…Andrea Brachfeld: Brazilian Whispers
Andrea Brachfeld plays flute and the darker alto flute set to a collection of Brazilian themes dominated by Antonio Jobim. She mixes and matches with Bill O’Connell/p-key, Harvie S-Lincoln Goines/g, Roni Ben-Hur/g, T. Portinho-Jason Tiemann/dr and Chembo Corniel/perc with some boppy pieces like her own “Espaco Aberto” and a relaxed “Triste E Solitaria.” Jobim’s “Double […]
Brazilian Beauty
“While Brazilian Whispers marks Andrea Brachfeld’s first thorough exploration of the titular stream of sound, you’d never know it from the results. Teaming up with Bill O’Connell, her longtime pianist and sounding board, the veteran flutist, who’s typically engaged in Afro-Cuban affairs or straight ahead suggestions, sounds like she’s been playing this music all her life.” “…the vibrant […]
Andrea Brachfeld: Brazilian Whispers
While Brazilian Whispers marks Andrea Brachfeld’s first thorough exploration of the titular stream of sound, you’d never know it from the results. Teaming up with Bill O’Connell, her longtime pianist and sounding board, the veteran flutist, who’s typically engaged in Afro-Cuban affairs or straight ahead suggestions, sounds like she’s been playing this music all her […]
Number 14 on the Jazzweek Charts
The latest news is that I am #14 on the Jazzweek charts! Evidently radio is enjoying the CD, Brazilian Whispers.” I wish that you enjoy this newest project as well! Critics are loving it as well! Have a great day!
“Andrea Brachfeld is pictured smiling on her CD cover, with her head thrown back, the ocean waves and a tempered blue sky are the backdrop and she’s holding her flute delicately in her left hand. The first track of this album of Brazilian music sounds as happy and relaxed as this picturesque CD cover.”
~Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs, February 2020
“An excellent recording providing rich and deep sounds. A top performance from all the participants on the disc.”
~La Habitación del Jazz, January 2020
“The album oozes optimism, is alive, danceable and listenable. And it’s not just about Brazilian music, even though that is enough, there are also moments of top quality jazz.”
~La Habitación del Jazz, January 2020
Musical Memoirs Review of Brazilian Whispers
Andrea Brachfeld is pictured smiling on her CD cover, with her head thrown back, the ocean waves and a tempered blue sky are the backdrop and she’s holding her flute delicately in her left hand. The first track of this album of Brazilian music sounds as happy and relaxed as this picturesque CD cover. It’s […]
La Habitación del Jazz on Brazilian Whispers
There are a number of instruments that do not quite feel comfortable in jazz or is it jazz which is not comfortable with it? One of them is the flute. So even when an interpreter of the music who plays this instrument publishes an album of jazz, Brazilian music or a mixture of both, it […]