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I'm Fine, How Are You?

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I'm Fine, How Are You?
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedJuly/August 1977
Paramount Studios, Hollywood,
Kendun Recorders, Burbank
GenreJazz
Length38:49
LabelWarner Bros.
WB 56413
ProducerFlora Purim & Airto Moreira
for Zara Productions
Co-producer: Kerry McNabb
Airto Moreira chronology
Promises of the Sun
(1976)
I'm Fine, How Are You?
(1977)
Touching You… Touching Me
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

I'm Fine, How Are You? is an album by the Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist Airto Moreira released in 1977.

Samples from "Celebration Suite" were later used as the basis for Bellini's 1997 hit song "Samba de Janeiro".[2]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "I'm fine. How are you?" (Airto Moreira) – 5:11
  2. "Meni Devol" (Ruben Rada, Hugo Fattoruso) – 5:11
  3. "La Tumbadora" (Rada, Fattoruso) – 3:39
  4. "The Happy People" (Moreira) – 3:48

Side two

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  1. "The Road Is Hard (But We're Going To Make It)" (Flora Purim) – 5:32
  2. "La Cumbia De Andres" (Rada, Fattoruso) – 4:24
  3. "Celebration Suite" (Moreira) – 4:16
  4. "Nativity" (feat. Jaco Pastorius) – 6:44

Personnel

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Musicians
  • Airto Moreira – percussion
  • Laudir de Oliveira – percussion on "The Happy People" and "Celebration Suite"
  • Manolo Badrena – percussion on "La Tumbadora"
  • Hugo Fattoruso – keyboards
  • Byron Miller – bass guitar on all tracks except "The Road Is Hard (We We're Going To Make It)"
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar on "The Road Is Hard (We We're Going To Make It)"
  • Jaco Pastorius – bass guitar on "Nativity"
  • Tom Scott – sax, flute on "I'm fine. How are you?" and "The Road Is Hard (We We're Going To Make It)"
  • Raul de Souza – trombone on "The Happy People" and "Celebration Suite"
  • Charles (Icarus) Johnson – guitar
  • Oscar C. Neves – guitar on "The Happy People" and "Celebration Suite"
  • Ruben Rada – vocals on "Meni Devol" and "La Tumbadora"
  • Flora Purim – vocals on "The Road Is Hard (But We're Going To Make It)"
  • Maria Fattoruso – backing vocals
Production
  • Kerry McNabb – engineering
  • John Cabalka – art direction, design
  • Brad Kanawyer – design
  • Claude Mougin – photography
  • Julian Falk – kite design

References

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  1. ^ "I'm Fine, How Are You - Airto Moreira". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Bellini's "Samba De Janeiro" sample of Airto's "Celebration Suite"". Who Sampled. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
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