I Don't Care Who Knows It

I Don't Care Who Knows It
Studio album by Duke Pearson
Released	1968
Recorded	December 15, 1967
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:39
Label	Blue Note
Duke Pearson chronology
Merry Ole Soul (1969) I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968-70) It Could Only Happen with You (1970)

I Don't Care Who Knows It is an album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring performances recorded between 1968 and 1970.^[1] The album was released on the Blue Note label in 1996.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "the music swings with an understated funk, with the band alternating between standard hard-bop and mellow, soulful grooves. On the whole, I Don't Care Who Knows It is fairly uneven — the sessions don't set well together, but work well as individual sets. Nevertheless, there is enough good material here to make it worthwhile for soul-jazz, Latin-jazz and, especially, Pearson aficionados".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Pearson except as indicated

1. "I Don't Care Who Knows It" (Buddy Johnson) - 3:10
2. "Bloos" - 7:38
3. "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) - 6:37
4. "Horn In" (Frank Foster) - 5:51
5. "Canto Ossanha" (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes) - 6:36
6. "Xibaba" (Airto Moreira) - 6:32
7. "I Don't Know" (Moreira) - 7:00
8. "Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 5:22
9. "Upa Neguinho" (Edu Lobo, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) - 1:57
10. "Captain Bacardi" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 5:40
11. "Theme from Rosemary's Baby" (Krzysztof Komeda) - 3:16

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 24, 1968 (track 11), May 5, 1969 (track 9) and February 13, 1970 (tracks 1-5) and at A & R Studios, New York City on October 3, 1969 (tracks 6 & 8) and November 21, 1969 (tracks 7 & 10).

Personnel

• Duke Pearson - piano, electric piano, arranger
• Burt Collins - trumpet (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Kenny Rupp - trombone (tracks 1-5)
• Jerry Dodgion - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11)
• Al Gibbons - flute (tracks 6 & 8)
• Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-5, 7 & 10)
• Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, alto clarinet (tracks 1-5)
• Bobby Hutcherson - vibes (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11)
• Sam Brown (track 11), Ralph Towner (tracks 7 & 10) - acoustic guitar
• Dorio Ferreira - guitar, percussion (track 9)
• Al Gafa (tracks 6-8 & 10), Wally Richardson (tracks 7 & 10) - guitar
• Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11)
• Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-5)
• Bebeto Jose Souza - bass (track 9)
• Mickey Roker - drums (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11), percussion (track 9) ^[3]
• Airto Moreira - percussion, vocals (track 5-8, & 10), drums (track 9) ^[4]
• Stella Mars - vocals (track 8)
• Andy Bey - vocals (track 1)
• Flora Purim - vocals (track 9) ^[5]

References