Released 1969 | Release date 1969 | |
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Recorded April 11, April 14 & May 5, 1969 Similar Duke Pearson albums, Jazz albums | ||
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How Insensitive is the fourteenth album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances by Pearson's band augmented by a choir, recorded over three sessions in 1969 and released on the Blue Note label.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 2 stars stating "Each song on How Insensitive boasts extravagant, layered arrangements that flirt with schmaltz, but the voicings and attack are so unusual, the result is a weird variation on easy listening. There is little opportunity for Pearson to showcase his tasteful playing through improvisation, yet the arrangements are so off-kilter, the music never quite works as background music. In other words, it's a very interesting failure and one of the strangest by-products of Blue Note's late-'60s commercialization".
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Pearson except as indicated- "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 4:39
- "Clara" (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) - 2:43
- "Give Me Your Love" - 3:24
- "Cristo Redentor" - 3:53
- "Little Song" (Jack Manno) - 2:53
- "How Insensitive" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 2:13
- "Sandalia Dela" (Pearson, Manno) - 3:28
- "My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)" (Pearson, Manno) - 4:35
- "Tears" (Eumir Deodato, Ray Gilbert, Paulo Valle) - 3:29
- "Lamento" (Jobim, de Moraes) - 2:51
Personnel
Songs
1Stella by Starlight4:40
2Clara2:45
3Give Me Your Love3:25