Fact #8477
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Following a Drugs Squad raid on the Club Eleven jazz club in Carnaby Street, London, UK, six musicians charged with possession of cannabis, including Ronnie Scott, appear in Marlborough St. Magistrates Court. According to Scott, "a police Chief Inspector informed the bench that the Club was a bebop club. 'What,' asked the magistrate solemnly, 'is bebop?' 'A queer form of modern dancing - a Negro jive' the policeman answered with brisk authority."