THE FOURTH annual Umbrella Music Festival BEGINS THIS WEEK!!!
Don’t miss out on what the Chicago Reader calls “perhaps the most important jazz festival in Chicago.”
The festival opens this 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. Tonight’s FREE concerts will feature some of the best improvising musicians on the European scene.
The concerts continue this 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 is listed below, and can also be found at www.umbrellamusic.org.
UMBRELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 SCHEDULE AND LINEUPS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH @ THE
CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER
78 E. Washington St. / FREE!! / www.chicagoculturalcenter.org / 312-744-6630
“EUROPEAN JAZZ MEETS CHICAGO”
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
6:00 PM : Liudas Mockunas Quartet
LITHUaNIA
Liudas Mockunas – saxophones
Jim Baker – piano
Brian Sandstrom – bass
Steve Hunt – drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
6:45 PM : Martin Brandlmayr Solo
AUSTRIA
Martin Brandlmayr – solo percussion and electronics
Preston-Bradley Hall
7:30 PM: David StackenAs TRIO
SWEDEN
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
David Stackenas – guitar
Josh Abrams – bass
Claudia Cassidy Theater
8:15 PM : Gratkowski/Kaufmann/De Joode
GERMANY
Frank Gratkowski – reeds
Achim Kaufmann – piano
Wilbert De Joode – bass
Preston-Bradley Hall
9 PM : Hans Koch Quartet
SWITZERLAND
Hans Koch – reeds
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Brian Labycz – electronics
Marc Riordan – drums
Claudia Cassidy Theater
10 PM : Guus Janssen Trio
THE NETHERLANDS
Guus Janssen – piano
Anton Hatwich – bass
Wim Janssen – drums
Preston-Bradley Hall
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH @ ELASTIC
2830 N. Milwaukee Ave. 2nd Floor / $15 COVER
www.elasticarts.org / 773-772-3616
9 PM : NEW HORIZONS QUARTET
Ernest Khabeer Dawkins – saxophones and percussion
Steve Berry – trombone
Junius Paul – bass
Isaiah Spencer – drums
10 PM : MATTHEW SHIPP SOLO
Matthew Shipp – piano
11 PM : THE BOBBY BRADFORD QUARTET
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Dave Rempis – saxophones
Junius Paul – bass
Frank Rosaly – drums
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH @ THE HIDEOUT
1354 W. Wabansia / $15 COVER
www.hideoutchicago.com / 773-227-4433
9 PM : VOX ARCANA
James Falzone – clarinet
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello
Tim Daisy – drums
10 PM : People Places and Things w/Bobby Bradford
Bobby Bradford – trumpet
Greg Ward – alto saxophone
Tim Haldeman – tenor saxophone
Jason Roebke – bass
Mike Reed – drums
11 PM : SAKATA/PARKER/MCBRIDE/HERNDON
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Jeff Parker – guitar
Nate McBride – bass
John Herndon – drums
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH @ THE HUNGRY BRAIN
2319 W. Belmont / $15 suggested donation
www.emergingimprovisers.org / 773-935-2118
9 PM : HEAD WITH WINGS
Elliot Bergman – reeds
Charles Gorczynski – reeds
Jake Vinsel – bass
Quin Kirchner – drums
10 PM : AKIRA SAKATA & CHIKAMORACHI
Akira Sakata – alto saxophone
Darin Gray – bass
Chris Corsano – drums
11 PM : TOPOLOGY “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
FIND MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ONLINE 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 group and on the events they coordinate is available at WWW.UMBRELLAMUSIC.ORG.
The fourth annual Umbrella Music Festival is presented in conjunction with THE EMERGING IMPROVISERS ORGANIZATION and THE ELASTIC ARTS FOUNDATION.
