How Insensitive
"Insensatez" (usually translated to "How Insensitive" in English, although the Portuguese word really means 'absurdity' or 'folly') is a bossa nova jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, loosely based on Frédéric Chopin's Prelude No.4 with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. The English lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel.
The following have also performed or recorded versions of this tune:
- Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, with Maria Toledo on vocals, on "Jazz Samba Encore", also in 1963.
- João Gilberto
- Astrud Gilberto: The Astrud Gilberto Album, as "How Insensitive".
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim
- Karrin Allyson in Portuguese and English with a piano version of Chopin's Prelude as introduction
- Blossom Dearie recorded the song for her 1967 album Soon It's Gonna Rain.
- Elis Regina
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Claudine Longet
- Wes Montgomery (instrumental)
- Dexter Gordon on Sophisticated Giant
- Emily Remler (instrumental)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Lee Konitz and Gil Evans on 'Anti-heroes'
- Nara Leão
- Maria Creuza
- Laura Fygi
- Liberace performed both the Moonlight Sonata and "How Insensitive" at the same time on his own TV show in 1969.
- Petra Magoni and Ferruccio Spinetti
- Diana Krall, From This Moment On(2006)
- Rita Reys (with Rogier van Otterloo)
- Bireli Lagrene (instrumental): 1992, Standards album, as "How Insensitive (insensatez)"
- Oscar Peterson, "Soul Espanol" (1966)
- Frank Sinatra
- Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
- Sting, on Jobim's 1994 album Antonio Brasileiro
- Judy Garland
- Charlie Byrd
- Pat Metheny
- Earl Klugh
- Megan Mullally
- William Shatner
- Susannah McCorkle: on the album "From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies" 1999
- Roy Hargrove: on the album "Moment to Moment" 2000
- Robert Wyatt: 2003, Cuckooland album, as "Insensatez"
- Pat MacDonald: the album "In The Red Room" 2004
- Olivia Newton-John: the album "Indigo - Women Of Song" 2004
- Eartha Kitt: the album "Live From The Café Carlyle" 2006
- Olivia Ong, on album "A Girl meets Bossanova 2" released on November 22, 2006
- Chief Joseph school marching band and Supreme Music Program: The Sweetheart Break-In album, as "How Insensitive"
- Fariborz Lachini: Golden Memories 1 album 2008, Solo Piano
- SuperJazz Big Band, on the album, "UAB SuperJazz, Featuring Ellis Marsalis"
- Chick Corea and Hiromi Uehara on the album "Duet" as "How Insensitive"
- Iggy Pop on the album "Préliminaires"
- The Monkees originally unreleased until the album "Missing Links Vol.3" in 1996
- Mercedes Sosa - Portuguese lyrics (on the album Cantora 2) with the Argentine guitarist Luis Salinas (2009)
- Ahmad Jamal -on the LP 'At The Top, Poinciana Revisited, with Jamil Sulieman (bass), Frank Gant (drums).
- Richard Groove Holmes (instrumental): 1974, on the album New Groove
- Fernanda Takai
- Rosenberg Trio : on the album Gypsy Swing
The song was featured as background to The Black Eyed Peas song "Sexy" and featured Brazilian pianist and bandleader Sérgio Mendes. The song was also featured as a hidden track embedded at the end of "Next Heap With" by Aphex Twin on his album I Care Because You Do. An instrumental version of the song, performed by Jobim, was featured in the David Lynch movie Lost Highway.
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