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
April in Paris Ball only one year and it once more became known as the April in Paris ball in 1969. Moune de Rival was invited to the 1970 event, while in 1973, Josephine Baker was its star. Russell Edwards of "The New York Times" stated that even in 1974 the Paris Ball "remains the most prestigious, with its national and international guest list, but not necessarily the most social". April in Paris Ball April in Paris Ball was an annual US gala event whose mission was to serve charity and Franco-American relations. Established in 1952 at the Waldorf Astoria New York in New