[Dixielandjazz] The State of Traditional Jazz in the UK

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

In the USA  musicians who NEED or want free booze  should simply get a 
day gig with an Alcoholic beverage company, they generally give ALL 
their employees a free case of whatever they sell a month.   Even if 
they are not musicians, I hear lots of stories about their next door 
neighbor musicians always coming over to drink up or help them drink up 
all that excess free booze.

YA SEE THAT REPUTATION ABOUT MUSICIANS BEING DRUNKS OR DRUG ADDICTS IS 
NOT ALL FAIRY TALES MANY OF THEM HAVE EARNED THAT REPUTATION.  And many 
of them still give a bad name to those of us who outgrew it years ago 
:))

Cheers,

Tom  who ain't no party pooper  but does have respect for the client 
and the outcome of the gig and chooses to celebrate after the gig when 
I have the money in my hand and a satisfied client who will hire me and 
my motley crew again to provide the Party for them and not be the 
party. :))


-----Original Message-----
From: jazzjerry at btinternet.com
To: Tcashwigg at aol.com
Cc: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] The State of Traditional Jazz in the UK

   Hi All,

A free booze story from another perspective. A few
years ago I booked a group (jazz but not traditional)
to perform and when they arrived at the gig I was busy
getting things organised so just told the bar staff to
get the musicians what they wanted and I would pay.

When I went to pay the tab was a lot higher than would
be expected for four drinks and on querying it was
told that one player had decided to have the most
expensive cocktail he could order and 'make it a
double'.
He was also heard to joke to one of the others how
clever he had been in pulling one over on me. Needless
to say I did not even think of booking that group
again and I warned anyone I could about the habits of
this particular musicians!

Incidently on the matter of musicians expenses etc.
for jazz weekends in the UK all the performers at the
Norwich Jazz Party next weekend will be receiving half
board accommodation (DBB) for the three or four days
plus travelling expenses on top of their fees whether
they are travelling from Southwold (50 miles) or
California (5334 miles) which is the case for two of
our drummers. I don't think their booze will be free
for the whole weekend though!

Cheers,

Jerry
Norwich
U.K.


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