Airto – I’m Fine, How Are You? (Album)

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

Track listing:
Side one
“I’m fine. How are you?” (Airto Moreira) – 5:11
“Meni Devol” (Ruben Rada, Hugo Fattoruso) – 5:11
“La Tumbadora” (Rada, Fattoruso) – 3:39
“The Happy People” (Moreira) – 3:48
Side two
“The Road Is Hard (But We’re Going To Make It)” (Flora Purim) – 5:32
“La Cumbia De Andres” (Rada, Fattoruso) – 4:24
“Celebration Suite” (Moreira) – 4:16
“Nativity” (feat. Jaco Pastorius) – 6:44

Personnel:
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

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Released: 1977
Recorded: July/August 1977
Paramount Studios, Hollywood,
Kendun Recorders, Burbank
Genre Samba jazz, jazz rock, jazz fusion, Brazilian music
Length: 38:49
Label: Warner Bros.
WB 56413
Producer: Flora Purim & Airto Moreira
for Zara Productions