Air was an American

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 jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 and rock

Rock music

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 band. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1971 on Embryo Records

Embryo Records

Embryo Records was a jazz and rock record label founded by Herbie Mann as a division of Atlantic Records, itself distributed by the Atlantic subsidiary Cotillion Records. The label released albums in the years 1969 through 1977.-Discography:...

. The four core members were Tom Coppola

Tom Coppola

Thomas Wilkinson Coppola is a pianist and arranger, known for being a principal member of the group Air...

, John Singer (bass), Mark Rosengarden (drums) and Googie Coppola. It featured production by Herbie Mann

Herbie Mann

Herbert Jay Solomon , better known as Herbie Mann, was a Jewish American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music...

, Randy Brecker

Randy Brecker

Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...

 on trumpet, Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Michael Leonard Brecker was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane," he has been awarded 15 Grammy Awards as both performer and composer and was inducted into Down Beat Jazz...

 on saxophone, Barry Rogers

Barry Rogers

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 on trombone, David Earle Johnson

David Earle Johnson

David Earle Johnson was a percussionist, a composer and a music producer.-Career:Percussionist David Earle Johnson performed on albums by a number of jazz artists in the seventies before releasing a few of his own albums in the late seventies and early eighties...

 on congas and timbales, Robert Kogel on guitar, Bob Rosengarden on vibes, plus Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer

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and Mann on percussion.