One O'Clock Jump was part of the concert bill for Benny Goodman's famous 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall. It was also the last number ever recorded by Earl Hines, in 1981 after a 58-year recording career. Al Hirt released a version on his 1961 album "He's the King and His Band". Rush drummer Neil Peart included "One O'Clock Jump" in his drum solos on the band's concert tours in 2002 and 2004. One O'Clock Jump "One O'Clock Jump" is a jazz standard, a 12-bar blues instrumental, written by Count Basie in 1937. The melody derived from band members' riffs--Basie rarely wrote down musical
Brothels in Paris the Brigade de répression du proxénétisme (Morality Police), whose job was to find unlicensed prostitutes and brothels. Le Fourcy was the most famous mass brothel of Paris, a so-called "Maison d'abattage". It was located in the Saint-Paul district in the 4th arrondissement at 10 rrue de Fourcy, and was notorious for treating its women very badly. In his book "Le Petit Simonin", novelist Albert Simonin wrote: ""The Fourcy in the district of Saint-Paul, the most famous of the Paris slaughter houses, demanded 5.50 francs per session. "Five francs per lady and room," as if it were a chorus's chorus, who