How Insensitive | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Duke Pearson chronology | ||||
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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]
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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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
All compositions by Duke Pearson except where noted
How Insensitive | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Duke Pearson chronology | ||||
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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]
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]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
All compositions by Duke Pearson except where noted