Tom and Googie Coppola were both influenced by jazz and fusion, including time signature changes. They answered an advert in The Village Voice placed by Moogy Klingman, who introduced them to Siegler and Rosengarden. The group rehearsed in Great Neck, Long Island, working on songs written by Googie. The group was spotted by Mann at a gig in the Village Gate, who wanted them to be his backing band. By the time their debut album was released in 1971, family commitments led to the group splitting up. Thereafter Tom and Googie Coppola played a few times at the Montreux Jazz Festival with the Atlantic All-Stars.[5]
According to its writer, Moogy Klingman, the song "Sister Bessie" is about "...a nun, who took LSD after falling in love with a hippie, and then made love to him, deciding she would leave the church and the convent. Apparently, the hippie had different ideas and left town quickly. This song is about what he might say to her about his hasty exit, if he said anything at all.”[6]
A limited edition album was released by the Be With label in 2016.[7][8]
Referencesedit
^"Special Merit Picks". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 22, 1971. pp. 47–. ISSN 0006-2510.
^Hart, Bill (December 20, 2020). "AIR-AIR Revisited; Comparison of Pressings; Interview with Tom Coppola". thevinylpress.com. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
^"AIR". thatrealschitt.wordpress.com. February 23, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
^"Googie and Tom Coppola: Shine the Light of Love". Spectrum Culture, Pat Padua, September 8, 2016
^"AIR". Sudo.3.pro.tok2.com. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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