ALTUS ARTISTS
ANDREA BRACHFELD
Performing & Recording Artist - Composer
New York
based flutist, Andrea Brachfeld is a former graduate of The High School
of Music & Art and The Manhattan School of Music. A well-rounded musician
- she is also skilled as a pianist, guitarist and composer. Over these
past 20 years she has recorded more than a dozen CDs with many artists
in addition to her own material. Though she has a strong classical foundation
as a flutist with former teachers Harold Bennett, Samuel Baron, and Andrew
Loyla of Manhattan, she has primarily established herself as a jazz flutist.
While a student, she received the Louis Armstrong Award for Outstanding
Student. Initially, her skills in improvising were inspired by the style
of jazz legend Eric Dolphy; and later study with jazz artists Hubert Laws,
Jimmy Heath, Yusef Lateef, Joe Newman and George Coleman assisted her
with the development of her own style. In fact, Downbeat Magazine has
referred to Andrea as "one of the finest jazz flutists around".
She has made her reputation performing mostly Latin jazz and has twice
been the recipient of the Latin New York Music Award for her skills as
a flutist and for her former association with the band Charanga '76. She
has performed with Dave Valentin, Joe Quijano, and has had a close collaborative
relationship with Noel Pointer while he was alive. She has also played
opposite famed saxophonist Joe Farrell and pianist Chick Corea in addition
to her playing experiences with Tito Puente, Ruben Blades and Ray Barretto.
She was also a participant with Billy Taylor's Jazz Mobile Workshops.
During her years in Venezuela, she had the honor of opening for Chick
Corea, Gary Burton, and Paco de Lucia in addition to her long association
with the typical Venezuelan style jazz orchestra "La Inmensa"
and the Oscar Maggi Quartet in Caracas, Venezuela. Recent activities include
several performances with various artists at the Havana Jazz Festival
in Cuba this past December, 2002. Andrea also has been collaborating and
touring with internationally prominent violinist Alfredo de la Fe. In
addition to her re-release of "Remembered Dreams", Andrea has
recorded a new work of Charanga Jazz Flute Music due out from Latin Cool
Records this summer 2003. In the past Andrea Brachfeld has presented a
workshop at the NFA Dallas Convention about flute and Cuban music. She
is also available as a clinician for improvising as well as various styles
of jazz and Latin music.
For more information on Andrea Brachfeld's performances and CDs, please
contact her at phoenixflute@comcast.net
