[Dixielandjazz] Sacking

[Gluetje1 at aol.com]

Does it not always fall to the person who gets the job to negotiate the  
job; i.e., number of musicians and salary?  So as far as I'm concerned it  is 
the person who books the job who has the privilege of selecting  
instrumentation based on his budget and preferences.  That "agent" may even  just be 
picking the musicians just based on who he owes a favor.  Of  perhaps because 
one of them can also sing or communicates well with audiences  when the gig 
demands that.  
 
The trombonist got the job, maybe hired his friend who plays clarinet and  
you as the person who could hold it all together.  So, bottom  line, the 
money and the gig were good enough that you'd do it again, or it  wasn't.
 
I don't think you will get a consensus on order of departure, a majority  
vote, maybe.
 
Ginny
 
 
In a message dated 4/19/2011 8:26:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
maggief at comcen.com.au writes:

Last night I  did a gig playing piano with a tbn. & a clt.. Neither of 
the buggers  could play a whole melody correctly. I, as the piano player 
ended up  playing bass, chords and melody.

This made me think about sacking order  as the band gets smaller.
We all know the trombonist goes first but I would  like to get a consensus
of opinion on which order it goes from  thereon.
PS - the only reason the trombone owner was there was because he  got the 
job.
Adrian  Ford