I'm Fine, How Are You  

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I'm Fine, How Are You? is an album by Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist Airto Moreira released in 1977 produced by Flora Purim/Airto Moreira for Zara Productions, Co-Produced by Kerry McNabb.

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