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]
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]
The New York Group Singers' Big Band – vocals (tracks 1–6 & 8)
Jack Manno – conductor
Referencesedit
^Duke Pearson discography accessed September 10, 2010
^ abErlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed September 10, 2010
April 11, 2024
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