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 where noted
 * 1) "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:39
 * 2) "Clara" (George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) – 2:43
 * 3) "Give Me Your Love" – 3:24
 * 4) "Cristo Redentor" – 3:53
 * 5) "Little Song" (Jack Manno) – 2:53
 * 6) "How Insensitive" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) – 2:13
 * 7) "Sandalia Dela" (Pearson, Manno) – 3:28
 * 8) "My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)" (Pearson, Manno) – 4:35
 * 9) "Tears" (Eumir Deodato, Ray Gilbert, Paulo Valle) – 3:29
 * 10) "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

 * 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