AIRTO MOREIRA
FUSION / BRAZILIAN FUSION 1977
AIRTO: I'M FINE HOWARE YOU
WARNER BROS.RECORDS, BS 3084(LP)
(P)(C)1977 WARNER BROS.RECORDS, INC., USA
RECORDED: JULY,AUGUST 1977
RELEASED: 1977, USA
RE-ISSUED: WARNER MUSIC JAPAN, WPCR-2044(CD)
(P)1977 WEA INTERNATIONAL INC., USA
RELEASED: JULY 25, 1998, JAPAN
CREDITS (productions) :
Produced by Flora Purim and Airto Moreira for Zara Productions
Co-Produced by Kerry McNabb
All arrangements by Hugo Fattoruso, except
"The Happy People", "Celebration Suite", and "I'm Fine, How Are You?"
arranged by Hugo and Airto, and
"The Road Is Hard (But We're Going To Make It)" arranged by Hugo and Flora
Recorded at Paramount Srudios, Hollywood, July/August 1977
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, August 1977
Engineered by Kerry McNabb
Art Direction: John Cabalka; Design: John Cabalka, Brad Kanawyer
Photography: Claude Mougin; Kite Design: Julian Falk
Suit: Sy Devore; Shirt: Röjér
Hugo Fattoruso courtesy of Milestone Records
Raul de Souza courtesy of Capitol Records
Tom Scott courtesy of Ode Records
CREDITS (musicians) :
percussion: Airto Moreira (on all selections)
Laudir de Oliveira (on 4,7)
Manolo Badrena (on 6)
keyboards: Hugo Fattoruso
bass: Byron Miller (on all selections, except on 5)
Abe Laboriel (on 5)
Jaco Pastorius (on 8)
saxephone, flute: Tom Scott (on 1,5)
trombone: Raul de Souza (on 4,7)
guitar: Charles "Icarus" Johnson
Oscar Castro-Neves (on 4,7)
featured singers: Ruben Rada (on 2,3)
Flora Purim (on 5)
background singers
(on 4,7)
: Flora, Airto, Aluizio, Shirley, Diana, Ciruela, Hugo, Sybil
TRACKS (total time 38:52) :
1. I'm Fine. How Are You? (5:13)
2. Meni Devol (5:12)
3. La Tumbadora (3:37)
4. The Happy People (3:49)
5. The Road Is Hard (But We're Going To Make It) (5:34)
6. But Cumbia De Andres (4:22)
7. Celebration Suite (4:18)
8. Nativity (6:43)
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