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Air Mail (album)

Air Mail
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Studio album by Air
Released 1981
Recorded 28 December 1980
Genre Jazz
Length 35:41
Label Black Saint
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Air chronology
Air Lore
(1979)Air Lore1979
Air Mail
(1981)
80° Below '82
(1982)80° Below '821982
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Penguin Guide to Jazz 4/4 stars
Allmusic 4/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide 4/5 stars

Air Mail is an album by the improvisational collective Air featuring Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, and Fred Hopkins recorded for the Italian Black Saint label. The album consists of three compositions dedicated to Bobbie Kingsley, Ronnie Boykins, and Cecil Taylor & Jimmy Lyons.

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected this album as part of its suggested Core Collection.

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Chicago trio Air was at a high point on this 1980 date".


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