How Insensitive (album)


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.

Reception

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".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Pearson except were noted
  1. "Stella by Starlight" – 4:39
  2. "Clara" – 2:43
  3. "Give Me Your Love" – 3:24
  4. "Cristo Redentor" – 3:53
  5. "Little Song" – 2:53
  6. "How Insensitive" – 2:13
  7. "Sandalia Dela" – 3:28
  8. "My Love Waits " – 4:35
  9. "Tears" – 3:29
  10. "Lamento" – 2:51

Personnel