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"Insensatez" | |
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Song by Antônio Carlos Jobim | |
from the album The Composer of Desafinado, Plays | |
Language | Portuguese |
English title | "How Insensitive" |
Released | 1963 |
Genre | Bossa nova |
Length | 2:53 |
Label | Verve |
Composer(s) | Antônio Carlos Jobim |
Lyricist(s) |
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Producer(s) | Creed Taylor |
The Composer of Desafinado, Plays track listing | |
12 tracks
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"How Insensitive" is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Jobim. The lyrics were written in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes and in English by Norman Gimbel.[1] Jobim recorded the song in 1994 with Sting on lead vocals for his album, Antônio Brasileiro.
Background
In Brazil the song goes by the title "Insensatez", which translates more accurately to "Foolishness". The song resembles Chopin's prelude in E minor.[2]
Recorded versions
The song has been performed and recorded often by a diverse group of singers, such as:
- Frank Sinatra
- Peggy Lee (1964)[3]
- Shirley Bassey
- Telly Savalas
- Olivia Newton-John
- Petula Clark
- The Monkees (Recorded in 1968, Released in 1996)
- Liberace
- William Shatner
- Iggy Pop
- Judy Garland
- The 5th Dimension
- Sinéad O'Connor
- Robert Wyatt
Musicians who covered the composition in the jazz genre:
- Joao Gilberto
- Laurindo Almeida
- Wes Montgomery
- Stan Getz
- Stacey Kent
- George Shearing
- Diana Krall
- Laura Fygi
- Pat Martino
- Pat Metheny.[2]
- Kat Gang
- Fabrizio Sotti
- Grant Green
See also
References
- ^ "Original versions of How Insensitive written by Norman Gimbel". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ a b Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ "Peggy Lee – In Love Again! (1964, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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