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  • Oakland's Yoshi’s Pulls Jazz CD With No Blacks

    06/03/2007 2:39:55 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 27 replies · 1,100+ views
    AP) ^ | Jun 2, 2007 12:54 pm US/Pacific
    OAKLAND Managers of Yoshi's, one of the Bay Area's best-known jazz venues, said they will pull the club's first-ever CD off the market after community leaders complained the recording featured no black musicians. Club managers apologized Friday for what they called "a huge mistake" and "a major oversight." They said they plan to create a new recording that better reflects the musicians who play the 340-seat venue at Oakland's Jack London Square. "We really messed up on the CD," said Yoshi's owner Kaz Kajimura. "We apologize to anyone who feels slighted by this omission, as that was never our intention."...