Andrea brachfeld biography

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Flutist, composer, arranger, producer, educator, business owner, Andrea Brachfeld, is a graduate of The High School of Music and Art and the Manhattan School of Music.

Study with Hubert Laws, Jimmy Heath, George Coleman, and Mike Longo helped her develop her own improvisational style.

Since she began her professional career as a musician at age 16, she has recorded and played many different genres of music including funk, Country Western, Charanga, Salsa, Latin Jazz, devotional music and Jazz.

Some of the many artists she has associated with include Wayne Wallace, Bobby Carcass�s, Oscar Hernandez, Alfredo de la F�, Ralph Irrizarry, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Joe Newman, Hubert Laws, Nestor Torres, Dave Valent�n, Paquito D�Rivera, Kenwood Dennard, Hilton Ruiz, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Wallace Roney, and Bill O� Connell among many others.

Her breakthrough performance as the flutist for the popular Latin band Charanga �76, catapulted her into Salsa history and fame