American bassist, also listed as Michael Richmond. The name Air Mail goes back to the bassist who was flown in.
Recordings together
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AirMail - Live At Amiens Jazz Festival 1986
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Airmail: Die alte Mär und das Mann (Jazzspelunke Wien, 30.03.1985) (Live at Jazzspelunke Wien, 1985)
“Die alte Mär und das Mann” (Harry Pepl), 11:01, live recording of Airmail at the Jazzspelunke in Vienna on 30 March 1985: Harry Pepl (guitar), Wolfgang Puschnig (alto saxophone, flute), Mike Richmond (bass), Wolfgang Reisinger (drums). Fullmax Recordings, 2020 (ISRC ATPK12000131). According to Daniel Pepl it shows the band’s uncanny interplay; prepared in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme.
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Airmail: Eponimonus (Where Are You) (Light Blues (Austrian Jazzart 1), 2001)
“Eponimonus (Where Are You)”, track 6 of the album “Light Blues” by Airmail (EmArcy, Universal Music Austria, Austrian Jazzart series no. 1, 2001, reissue of the 1988 Amadeo edition), composed by Mike Richmond. Daniel Pepl made the whole album available in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme on his 75th birthday.
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Airmail: Oxford Circle (Light Blues (Austrian Jazzart 1), 2001)
“Oxford Circle”, track 3 of the album “Light Blues” by Airmail (EmArcy, Universal Music Austria, Austrian Jazzart series no. 1, 2001, reissue of the 1988 Amadeo edition), composed by Mike Richmond. Daniel Pepl made the whole album available in 2020 for the Ö1 radio programme on his 75th birthday.
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In the chronology
- 1983 Air Mail finds its line-up
- 30 May 1983 “Daniel Humair and Friends” at the Théâtre de l'Atelier, Paris
- 1 June 1983 International Jazz Session at the Musée d'art moderne, Paris
- 11 June 1984 Air Mail in Moers
- 2 February 1985 Recording of “Prayer for Peace”
- 30 March 1985 Air Mail at the Jazzspelunke
- May 1986 Air Mail at the Amiens jazz festival
- 10 May 1986 Air Mail at Jazz sous les pommiers in Coutances
- 14 May 1986 Air Mail at the New Morning, Paris
- 19 June 1986 Air Mail at the Hotel Sonne, Landeck
- 26 September 1986 Air Mail at the Bilsak Jazz Festival in Istanbul
In the press
- 30 May 1983 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Jazz au Théâtre de l'Atelier : Concert du Daniel HUMAIR and Friends“
- 11 June 1984 moers festival, Festivalarchiv (online): Archiv 1980 bis 1989: 11. Juni 1984, Eissporthalle
- 15 April 1986 Tempo (Paris), Nr. 3: „En concert: tous les programmes jusqu’à fin juin“
- 10 May 1986 Jazz sous les pommiers, Festivalarchiv (online): „Air Mail“ (Programm der 5. Ausgabe, Samstag, 10. Mai, 21 Uhr, Théâtre)
- 15 May 1986 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert de Air Mail“
- 15 May 1986 Radio France, „Concert de jazz“ (Mitschnitt im INA-Katalog): „Concert de jazz : [émission du 00/00/00]“
- 20 June 1986 Gemeindeblatt für den Bezirk Landeck, Nr. 25: „Jazz-Formation »Air Mail« gastiert in Landeck“
- July 1986 Jazz Hot, Nr. 432: „Du jazz sous les pommiers“
- July 1986 Jazz Hot, Nr. 432: „Amiens : le temps du jazz“
- 26 September 1986 Bizim Caz, Datenbank des Jazz in der Türkei (online): „Air Mail“, Şan Tiyatrosu, 2. Bilsak Caz Festivali
- 8 March 1988 APA-Basisdienst (Austria Presse Agentur), Rubrik APA JAZZ NEWS: „Jazz aus Österreich“
- September 1988 Jazz Festival Willisau, Programmheft 1988: „Jazz in Willisau: Coming Dates“
- 2001 Concerto (Musikmagazin), Ausgabe 5/2001, Seite 54: „Fünf Variationen österreichischer Jazzkunst“ (Austrian Jazzart)
- 9 December 2005 organissimo (Jazzforum, Online): „Harry Pepl R.I.P.“
- 10 September 2026 Facebook (Thomas Palme): „...noch eine Harry Pepl Story zu seinem heutigen 81 Geburtstag“