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Hey everyone! It’s been a whirlwind couple of months with things moving very quickly. It feels like everything I have been preparing for is finally coming into fruition. My personal life has changed significantly and I attribute the knowledge I have learned about really surrendering and allowing, to all these wonderful things that are happening. […]
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 […]
Hey everyone! Here’s an interview a high school school in France just posted on me! Here’s the link.
http://marion2296.wix.com/flutistedillevilaine#!andrea-h-brachfeld/cul8
Hey everyone! I just got back from New Orleans where I played with the Ali Ryerson Jazz Flute Big Band! Hubert Laws, Jim Walker and Maraca played with us and it was a gas! The Rhythm section was smoking too with Akira Tana, Mark Levine , and John Wiitala on bass. We all got to […]
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 […]
Hey all! Here is my interview on Voice of America by Diaa Bekheet. It was one of those interviews that you never expected and then- voila- there it was. I’m sending a hard copy link and the audio version. Enjoy! hard copy- http://blogs.voanews.com/music/2013/02/14/andrea-brachfeld-lady-of-the-island-2/ mp3- http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/english/2013_02/jazz_beat_diaa_bekheet_andrea_brachfeld_feb2013.mp3
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 […]