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| ANDREA BRACHFELD & INSIGHT - BILL O’CONNELL HARVIE S JASON TIEMANN - RELEASED MAY 20TH! Andrea Brachfeld and Bill O'Connell Featured on Alternative Venues For Jazz Today - May 25th - 5pm EDT "One of the finest jazz flutists around today is Andrea Brachfeld." "After hearing Andrea's beautiful playing on Evolution, I reached out for an email interview. To fully understand Andrea's grace, spiritual energy and flowing technique, I wanted to know everything about her—what she went through growing up and the stakes she faced as she pushed to become the fluid and soulful player she is today." - Marc Meyers Evolution When I began this project my intention was to create a social justice record. As I searched inside of myself for a theme that resonated with who I was, helping children came through. Then I composed the poem "Children of the Earth." This was written about six weeks before the pandemic happened and seemed to have elements of premonition in it. I also asked the poet laureate of jersey city to recite the poem but he overslept and didn't make the rehearsal so I reluctantly recited the spoken word. So interesting how events can perpetuate a significant change in our lives!! Then I did some research to see which children's populations were in the most dire need so the Native Americans, the children of the Middle East, Africans, and Guatemalans were targeted in different songs. When the pandemic hit, the recording ceased but the ideas did not. By February 2021, the project took a new turn and the new original compositions took on a different flavor reflecting the chaos we were in externally and internally. I tried to incorporate different cultural elements into that music to keep my theme of children in need intact. When I decided to put the record out I was in a mini dilemma as to what to call the project to reflect these two themes. Evolution came to mind citing the evolution of the music as well as the evolution of our world. Lastly my intention is to donate a portion of the proceeds to an organization who supports the well being of our children on the planet. Each song on the recording is like part of a journey in my life. The project came together in a very organic way even though it took a couple of years to really crystallize. - Andrea Brachfeld A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a designated children's organization. Child of the Earth This poem morphed into spoken word which in turn was transformed into music courtesy of the genius of Bill O'Connell. I ended up doing the spoken word when the poet laureate of Jersey City overslept and didn't make the rehearsal! Bill convinced me to do it, so here it is! Somehow I had a feeling in January of 2020 that something was about to happen!! The Unraveling of it all The unraveling refers to the total breakdown of all our systems as the pandemic exposed the dysfunction of each of them. Now it is up to us to honestly assess each system, and transform them to aid us all, in this global transformation. Ko Ribon: As I researched which songs to record on this project, I remembered a beautiful melody I heard one night attending a Shabbat service. This song is dedicated to all the children who have been exposed to, and continue to experience living in war torn areas as a result of peoples' inabilities to live peacefully knowing there is enough for all. As my gift and support to the children and humanity, a portion of the proceeds of this project will go towards a to be named worldwide organization which supports children in need. Personnel: ANDREA BRACHFELD: C flute, alto flute, spoken word, Colombian clay flute, African wood flute, kalimba BILL O'CONNELL: piano - Grammy Nominee this year HARVIE S: bass JASON TIEMANN: drums, percussion write your comments about the article :: © 2022 Jazz News :: home page |