| How Insensitive | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Duke Pearson |
| Cover: | How Insensitive (album).jpg |
| 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 |
| Chronology: | Duke Pearson |
| Prev Title: | Now Hear This |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Merry Ole Soul |
| Next Year: | 1969 |
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]
All compositions by Duke Pearson except where noted