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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 […]
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
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. […]