Angry accusations of racism are being hurled at none other than Berkeley, California.  Not "enough" black jazz musicians have been invited to the city's Downtown Jazz Festival, you see, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Even worse, the famous local jazz club Yoshi's has issued a 10th anniversary compilation jazz CD and there is not a single African American jazz musician on it.Let's face the truth, folks. There are many more people celebrating the cultural contribution of African Americans inventing jazz than there are people actually listening to jazz, either in clubs or on CDs.  Nobody disputes that jazz was originally a black art form, and that white musicians owe a historic debt to these inventors and master craftsmen. I dare you to find a government school textbook on American history or culture that does not make a big deal of the role of blacks inventing jazz.For heaven's sake, you whiners, grow up! It is mark of achievement that jazz is now a world...(Read Full Post)