Jazz Articles about Rebecca Hennessy

About Rebecca Hennessy

Album Review

Whitney Ross-Barris: Curtains of Light

Read "Curtains of Light" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
March 1, 2026

On Curtains of Light, Whitney Ross-Barris offers a subtly ambitious work that resists easy classification while remaining deeply grounded in songwriting, tone, and emotional honesty. Blending jazz phrasing with a range of musical and non-musical forms, this 13-track cycle feels less like a collection of songs and more like a thoughtfully curated journal of recent years, shaped by the sensitive musicianship of Michael Shand and Drew Jurecka. The opening moments establish a reflective tone, soon brightened by “Bourgeois ...

Album Review

Rebecca Hennessy's FOG Brass Band: Two Calls

Read "Two Calls" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 5, 2017

Toronto-based trumpeter Rebecca Hennessy's FOG Brass Band, on Two Calls, sounds at times like a traditional brass band. The disc's, opening cut, “Red Herring," features a jumpy, tuba-driven rhythm, a soaring trombone solo, a frenetic trumpet turn with a scintillating piano backdrop, followed by Don Scott's hard rock electric guitar interlude. It is a compelling beginning that shifts into a different dimension on “Horn Lake," a majestic mini-symphony infused with drone-ish studio canoodlings that give way to pianist Tania Gill's ...