Jodie Christian

[mikeweil]

Geez - I thought I knew all Eddie Harris albums ...

[mjzee]

I made a distribution deal with Flying Fish (a relatively large folk/bluegrass label based in Chicago) to sell my products in the US. Bruce Kaplan, owner of FF, was curious to see if the label names and their fans would react differently to jazz releases. We tried the experiment with the Sulllivan on Fish and a new Air record on Nessa. Not sure we proved/settled anything but the Air record was the winner. Though I could sell more jazz records, the average sale of Flying Fish records far out paced items in my catalog.

I remember the Air record when it came out. It got a big buzz in Manhattan.