KCC Productions presents the Release of Andrea Brachfeld's Lady of the Island

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KCC Productions presents the release of Andrea Brachfeld's Zoho CD Lady of the Island November 20 at Zinc Bar NY. Sets are at 8 and 10 PM. Flutist, composer, and arranger Andrea Brachfeld is a graduate of The High School of Music and Art and Manhattan School of Music. Over the past 30 years she has recorded more than a dozen CD's with many artists including Wayne Wallace, Bobby Carcassés, Africando, Oscar Hernandez (Spanish Harlem Orchestra) and Timbalaye among others. Downbeat magazine referred to Andrea as "one of the finest jazz flutists around." She has twice been the recipient of the Latin New York Music Award as a flutist. She has performed with Dave Valentín, Nestor Torres, Tito Puente, and Ray Barretto among others. She received the Chico O'Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award from Latin Jazz USA in Oct. 2006 and was most recently awarded the "Pionero Award" in 2010 for her contribution to Latin music. She has appeared with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra as a soloist performing her own compositions as well as those of Mike Longo, longtime musical director for Dizzy Gillespie. She is currently performing with her own group Phoenix Rising. Lady of the Island, her latest CD, being premiered tonight, marks her move from Latin jazz into straight-ahead jazz.

Backing her up is a first-rate group of jazz musicians: Bill O'Connell on piano, Andy Eulau on bass, Kim Plainfield on drums, Chembo Corniel on congas and percussion, Todd Bashore on altosax, David Weiss on trumpet, and special guest Steve Turre on trombone.

Zinc Bar is located at 82 West Third Street in New York's Greenwich Village, between Thompson and Sullivan. Cover is $15 at tables, $10 at the bar. For more information call 212-477-ZINC or visit zincbar.com, or call KCC Productions @ 305-332-2623.

Clifton Heights Jazz Project at Pinecrest Gardens

The Clifton Heights Jazz Project, a conglomerate of eight highly talented musicians from across the country, will perform at Pinecrest Gardens Saturday November 17 at 8 PM. Led by guitarist Zach Larmer, these young jazz virtuosos have joined together to bring you fresh material, from original compositions to standard jazz repertoire turned upside down. Drawing from the classic American songbook, bluegrass, funk, classical, and modern jazz, the Clifton Heights Jazz Project has a little something for everyone.

Band members are: Glenn Basham (Violin and Harmonica), currently professor of Violin at the University of Miami and Concertmaster of the Naples Philharmonic; James Schlender (Violin), holder of three national fiddle championship titles and top 10 finalist of the prestigious Grandmasters Fiddle Contest on multiple occasions; Neil Carson (Alto Saxophone), currently the lead alto saxophonist in the prestigious University of Miami Concert Jazz Band; Alex Weitz (Tenor Saxophone), recognized in Downbeat magazine as best Fusion Soloist in 2011; Ariel Pocock (Piano and Voice), winner of Downbeat awards in both categories (piano and voice) as well as winner of the Outstanding Piano Soloist award at the 2009 Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival and the 2008 Lionel Hampton International Festival; Zach Larmer (Guitar), a Downbeat award-winning guitarist as well as an accomplished arranger, awarded the Duncan Nelson Scholarship at the University of Miami; Jeff Kipperman (Bass), a doctoral student in jazz bass and teaching assistant at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, who has performed with the New World Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caramoor Virtuosi Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, and a multitude of jazz ensembles; and Ben Falle (Drums), named "Australia's Best Up & Coming Drummer" and was recently awarded 2nd place in the prestigious National Jazz Awards.

Pinecrest Gardens is located at 11000 Red Road (SW 57th Ave.) Tickets are $10, available at cliftonheightsjazzproject.com. For more information, contact KCC Productions at 305-332-2623 or kcc_productions@yahoo.com.