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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 […]
Played (the) “Lotus Blossom” track last night on Jazz After Dark. Very, very nice track. You sound great!!! And, I must add that Lotus Blossom is the best jazz CD that you have released to date. Your flute vocabulary is purely Andrea Brachfeld at its finest!!! Arthur Barron Jazz After Dark 88.9 WDNA Public Radio […]
Andrea Brachfield is a revelation! She is excellent and has actually the “Chops” to play credible jazz flute! This would have been possible by her great backing trio of Billy O’Connell, Winard Harper, and Rufus Reid. Will use her music for months to come. Thank you very much for this great CD! Best Wishes and […]
Andrea Brachfeld isn’t as well known, in part because she didn’t always focus on jazz, though she merits wider recognition. For Lady Of The Island, she utilizes different combinations of musicians from one track to the next, with material that includes jazz standards, pop and originals. Brachfeld starts with an impressive original, “Bebop Hanna”, featuring […]
Andrea Brachfeld’s new CD, Lady of the Island is an excellent addition to the jazz flute discography. Andrea with a terrific band and headliner guests mixes her own original tunes with tunes by Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington, Freddie Hubbard and (title song) Graham Nash. All the playing is first rate, virtuosic in rhythm, pitch, heart […]
Mostly associated with New York’s Latin Jazz and “salsa” scenes (it has been alleged that she was the first female flutist to be featured by a U.S- based Charanga, back in the mid-1970s), Andrea Brachfeld returns to her bebop roots on the CD “Lady of the Island”, in which she tastefully combines jazz standards and […]
Not all the “jazz” I listen to, cover, write about is avant. Anyone who regularly reads my blogs knows that. Why? For one thing, a constant diet of avant, or any other style, is not good for the soul. Second, it is important to cover what one thinks are valid musical statements being made today, […]
Sometimes our familiarity with a musician revolves around one genre, but that association often limits our conception of the musician’s fuller artistry. On one hand, a listener can’t really be blamed for connecting a musician with a style; they’re simply making their judgement based off the past performances from albums and live shows. In reality […]
There is something magical about the sound of the flute no matter how well it is played; and when it is played as masterfully as Andrea Brachfeld plays it on her album Lady of the Island it is not only magical but mystical as well. This other-worldly beauty that Ms. Brachfeld brings to the flute comes from […]