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Discuss “Underground jazz”

Once called ?devil?s music,? jazz has now become a widely accepted form of music around the world. In fact, Carnegie Mellon students have the good fortune of Pittsburgh?s being a nurturing home to jazz musicians. In the past two weeks, Carnegie Mellon students were treated to two fabulous jazz concerts at the Underground.

Last Sunday, students packed the Underground to see CMU director of jazz studies and renowned bassist Dave Pellow perform with guitar legend Jimmy Ponder, trumpeter Eddie Allen, and drummer Greg Bandy. The band?s mellow sound attracted many kids to come down with laptops and notebooks to study and listen to the quartet in the background. The group jammed on standards such as ?Autumn Leaves,? ?Body and Soul,? and John Coltrane?s...

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