. . . "Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 2:35 pm Chaosmonger: European or Slavic folk music is not very relevant when discussing merits in high forms of art.Jazz was indeed blacks' thing, and it was accepted by whites, as the music entertained them amply, I suppose, and wasn't seen as being serious contest to classical music and such (I am sure blacks forming symphony orchestras might have been frowned upon)." .