He wasn't rehearsing or writing new music for the band, and club bookings were falling off.
It took months for lawyers to work out the details of terminating many of their club bookings, their television contracts, and the dissolution of York Productions.
A lot of club booking is done verbally.
President Kennedy's death promptly ended Meader's career - his club bookings and television appearances were quickly canceled and his albums were pulled from stores.
More "Tonight" shows followed, along with better club bookings, then theater appearances.
His first club booking was at St. Ann's Club in Rotherham, for thirty shillings (£1.50).
Though New York is home for the world's best jazz musicians, club bookings here often rely on the same group of players, over and over again.
Still, by last December some club bookings had trickled in for 2004.
Because jazz is still primarily a live rather than recorded music, club bookings shape its history.
Are we getting enough club bookings and a strong enough response from fans to indicate that they will buy tickets to our concerts?