How Insensitive

August 26, 2012

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How Insensitive or Insensatez in Portuguese is a bossa nova written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. “Insensatez” means “absurdity” or “folly” in Portuguese. The Portuguese lyrics were written by Vinícius de Moraes and English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
This tune is said to be loosely based on Frederic Chopin’s Prelude No.4.
“How Insenstive” has been recorded and performed countless times by artists such as Joao Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Pat Metheny and many more.

Videos to learn the melody/changes

How Insensitive Sinatra & Jobim

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Insensatez (How Insensitive) - Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto

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How Insensitive: Emily REMLER (April 26, 1990 - Australia)

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Brent Vaartstra http://www.brentvaartstra.com

Brent Vaartstra is a professional jazz guitarist and educator living in New York City. He is the head blogger and podcast host for learnjazzstandards.com which he owns and operates. He actively performs around the New York metropolitan area and is the author of the Hal Leonard publication "Visual Improvisation for Jazz Guitar." He's also the host of the music entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician."

2 COMMENTS

steph December 23, 2019 At 2:59 pm

SOS this lovely version isn't available anymore !! please help @Kming

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Kming June 5, 2018 At 9:14 am

Love this live version by Pat Metheny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1otriwDgYro

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