Strong and confident post bop is delivered by multi-flutiest Andrea Brachfeld and her team of Harvie S/b, Bill O’Connell/; and Jason Tieman/dr through a mix of mostly originals. The sole cover is an elegiac to modal read of “Amazing Grace” that covers a wide range of moods and textures.
Brachfeld’s tone is warm and virile, bopping to Tiemann’s ride cymbal on “The Listening Song” and doing some nice arm wrestling with the rhythm teams rising tides on “Deeply I Live.” Harvie S’s bass digs a rivulet on the sleek “Creeating Space” with doing a nice 3 legged race with O’Connell on the graceful “The Opening” and “Movers and Shakers.” Sometimes, the flute can get overwhelmed in a company of strong personalities, but Brachfeld not only holds her own, but commands respect on this impressive modern beauty.