Umbrella Music
Umbrella Music is a collective of jazz and improvisational musicians in Chicago, Illinois. Stating that their "goal is to pool resources in order to reach a larger audience for the music, and to provide better performance situations for artists,"[1] the group puts on three weekly concert series and an annual improvisational festival.
Last year's Umbrella Music festival was called Chicago's second-most "impressive and adventurous jazz festival of the year" and featured European musicians together with Chicagoans such as John Herndon and Ken Vandermark.[2]
In 2009 the website allaboutjazz.com wrote that "If jazz is to survive in a modern world without the support of major labels or corporate funding, it will be through the efforts of organizations like Umbrella Music."[3]