Album US 1977 on Warner Bros. Records label
Jazz and Latin (Fusion, Latin Jazz, Samba, Batucada)
Winchester pressing variant Special thanks to Hermeto Pascoal for his collaboration on "The Happy People" and to Tom Scott for his collaboration on "The Road Is Hard But We're Going To Make It" ℗ 1977 Warner Bros. Records Inc. © 1977 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Recorded at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, July / August 1977. Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, August 1977. Made in U.S.A. / Printed in U.S.A. Produced for Zara Productions. Title on track B2 reflects what is printed on labels, but on back cover appears as "La Cumbia De Andres".
Airto Moreira perc, dr, voc, *1941 BR arranged by, backing vocals, percussion, producer, album by, written by | |
Flora Purim voc, *1942 BR arranged by, backing vocals, producer, written by | |
Hugo Fattoruso voc, key, *1943 UY arranged by, backing vocals, keyboards, written by | |
Byron Miller b, bvoc, bass | |
Charles Johnson g, *1953 US guitar | |
John Golden , US lacquer cut by | |
Tom Scott sax, *1948 US saxophone, flute | |
Ruben Rada voc, perc, *1943 UY vocals, written by | |
Manolo Badrena perc, voc, *1952 PR percussion | |
Oscar Castro-Neves g, acg, 1940-2013 BR guitar | |
Laudir de Oliveira perc, voc, cng, *1940 BR percussion | |
Raul De Souza tb, *1934 BR trombone | |
Abraham Laboriel b, *1947 MX bass | |
Jaco Pastorius b, 1951-1987 US bass, written by |
John Cabalka art direction, design |
Aloisio Aguiar backing vocals |
Ciruela Fattoruso backing vocals |
Diana Moreira Booker backing vocals |
Maria de Fatima Fattoruso backing vocals |
Shirley Alves backing vocals |
Sybil Thomas backing vocals |
Kerry McNabb co-producer, engineer, master |
Brad Kanawyer design |
Marty Pichinson Management management |
Claude Mougin photography by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | I'm Fine. How Are You? | Airto Moreira | Airto Moreira | 5:11 |
2 | Meni Devol | Airto Moreira | Hugo Fattoruso, Ruben Rada | 5:11 |
3 | La Tumbadora | Airto Moreira | Hugo Fattoruso, Ruben Rada | 3:39 |
4 | The Happy People | Airto Moreira | Airto Moreira | 3:48 |
5 | The Road Is Hard (But We're Going To Make It) | Airto Moreira | Flora Purim | 5:32 |
6 | La Cumbia De Anders | Airto Moreira | Hugo Fattoruso, Ruben Rada | 4:24 |
7 | Celebration Suite | Airto Moreira | Airto Moreira | 4:16 |
8 | Nativity | Airto Moreira | Airto Moreira, Jaco Pastorius, Kerry McNabb | 6:44 |