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“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 […]
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 […]
“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
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 […]
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 […]
For Brazilian Whispers, veteran flutist Andrea Brachfeld dives deep into the Jobim book, turning out fresh interpretations of familiar gems. Best known for her affiliations with Slide Hampton, Wallace Roney, and Dave Valentin, Brachfeld is joined by her regular working band—longtime collaborator Bill O’Connell on piano and Rhodes, double bassist Harvie S, and drummer Jason […]
“America’s musical love affair with Brazilian music continues forward with the 2020 CD release of Brazilian Whispers by Andrea Brachfeld.”
~Robert Silverstein, Roots Music Report, January 2020
“Andrea has released Brazilian Whispers and the resulting album is one of the most upbeat and positive albums of Brazilian flavored instrumental jazz music in recent memory.”
~Robert Silverstein, Roots Music Report, January 2020