I'm Fine, How Are You?

I'm Fine, How Are You?
Studio album by Airto
Released	1977
Recorded	July/August 1977 Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Kendun Recorders, Burbank
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:49
Label	Warner Bros. WB 56413
Producer	Flora 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)

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Allmusic	[1]

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

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

Track listing

Side one

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

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

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 on all tracks except "The Road Is Hard (We We're Going To Make It)"
• Abraham Laboriel – bass on "The Road Is Hard (We We're Going To Make It)"
• Jaco Pastorius – bass 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 – background vocals

Production

• Kerry McNabb – engineering
• John Cabalka – art direction, design
• Brad Kanawyer – design
• Claude Mougin – photography
• Julian Falk – kite design

References

1. "I'm Fine, How Are You - Airto Moreira : Credits : AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012. Maria Fattoruso
2. "Bellini's "Samba De Janeiro" sample of Airto's "Celebration Suite"" . Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

• I'm Fine, How Are You? at Discogs (list of releases)