How Insensitive (album)
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Released | 1969 | |||
Recorded | April 11, April 14 & May 5, 1969 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:58 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Duke Pearson | |||
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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.[1]
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album with a 2 star rating, saying "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".[2]
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Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Duke Pearson except where noted
- "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" (Antônio 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
- Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on April 11 (tracks 1 & 3–5), April 14 (tracks 2, 6 & 8), & May 5 (tracks 7, 9 & 10), 1969
Personnel
[edit]- Duke Pearson – piano, electric piano, arranger
- Al Gafa – guitar (tracks 1–6 & 8)
- Dorio Ferreira – guitar, percussion (tracks 7, 9 & 10)
- Bob Cranshaw – bass (tracks 1–6 & 8)
- Bebeto Jose Souza – bass (tracks 7, 9 & 10)
- Mickey Roker – drums
- Airto Moreira – percussion
- Andy Bey – lead vocals (track 2), vocals (1, 3–6 & 8)
- Flora Purim – lead vocals (tracks 7, 9 & 10)
- The New York Group Singers' Big Band – vocals (tracks 1–6 & 8)
- Jack Manno – conductor
References
[edit]- ^ Duke Pearson discography accessed September 10, 2010
- ^ a b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed September 10, 2010