Umbrella Music is pleased to announce the final schedule for the fourth-annual Umbrella Music Festival, November 5th-8th. The event pcelebrates jazz and improvised music from Chicago and beyond.
Called by the Chicago Reader "perhaps the most important jazz festival in Chicago," the Umbrella Music Festival features cutting-edge jazz and improvised music from around the world, with a particular focus on artists from the diverse, cooperative and thriving local scene.
The festival opens Thursday, November 5th with a special evening dubbed "European Jazz Meets Chicago," co-presented by Umbrella Music, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, and several European consulates and cultural organizations. These concerts will feature some of the best improvising musicians on the European scene, some of them with their regular working groups, and some of them in first-time collaborations with their Chicago counterparts.
The concerts continue over the weekend at the regular Umbrella Music venues, and this year will feature three elder statesman of the improvised music world: legendary trumpeter Bobby Bradford, renowned multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, and the Chicago debut of Japanese alto-saxophone legend Akira Sakata.
The complete schedule, as well as all festival-related news and updates are available at www.umbrellamusic.org.
UMBRELLA MUSIC is a group of Chicago musicians and presenters working to provide performance opportunities for creative and improvising musicians. Umbrella members book weekly concert series on Wednesdays at the Hideout, Thursdays at Elastic, and Sundays at the Hungry Brain. More information on the festival, the group, and the events they coordinate is available at: www.umbrellamusic.org.
"EUROPEAN JAZZ MEETS CHICAGO"
All concerts on November 5th are free to the public.
Produced in partnership with The Austrian Consulate General, The Goethe Institut Chicago, The Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago, The Consulate General of The Netherlands, The Consulate General of Sweden, The Consulate General of Switzerland, and The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Liudas Mockunas - saxophones
Jim Baker - piano
Brian Sandstrom - bass
Steve Hunt - drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Martin Brandlmayr - solo percussion and electronics
Preston-Bradley Hall
Jason Stein - bass clarinet
David Stackenas - guitar
Josh Abrams - bass
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Frank Gratkowski - reeds
Achim Kaufmann - piano
Wilbert de Joode - bass
Preston-Bradley Hall
Hans Koch - reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Brian Labycz - electronics
Marc Riordan - drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Guus Janssen - piano
Dieter Manderscheid - bass
Wim Janssen - drums
Preston-Bradley Hall
The Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St
312.744.6630
chicagoculturalcenter.org
All concerts on November 5th are free to the public.
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins - saxophones and percussion
Steve Berry - trombone
Junius Paul - bass
Isaiah Spencer - drums
Matthew Shipp - piano
Bobby Bradford - trumpet
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Junius Paul - bass
Frank Rosaly - drums
Elastic
2830 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor
773.772.3616
elasticarts.org
$15 requested donation
James Falzone - clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Tim Daisy - drums
Bobby Bradford - trumpet
Greg Ward - alto saxophone
Tim Haldeman - tenor saxophone
Jason Roebke - bass
Mike Reed - drums
Akira Sakata - alto saxophone
Jeff Parker - guitar
Nate McBride - bass
John Herndon - drums
The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave
773.227.4433
hideoutchicago.com
$15 cover
Elliot Bergman - reeds
Charles Gorczynski - reeds
Jake Vinsel - bass
Quin Kirchner - drums
Akira Sakata - alto saxophone
Darin Gray - bass
Chris Corsano - drums
The compositions of Joe Mcphee, arranged by Ken Vandermark for nonet, featuring special guest Joe McPhee
Joe McPhee - pocket trumpet, flugelhorn
Josh Berman - cornet
Jeb Bishop - trombone
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Dave Rempis - saxophones
Jason Adasiewicz - vibes
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Kent Kessler - bass
Tim Daisy - drums
The Hungry Brain
2319 W Belmont
773.935.2118
eiorg.org
$15 requested donation
The fourth annual Umbrella Music Festival is presented in conjunction with The Emerging Improvisers Organization and The Elastic Arts Foundation.
Umbrella Music
Dave Rempis
daverempis@hotmail.com
European Jazz Meets Chicago
Eugene Sampson
Goethe Institut Chicago
Eugene.Sampson@chicago.goethe.org