I Don't Care Who Knows It

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]

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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)" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 5:22
9. "Upa, Neguinho" (Edú Lobo, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri) – 1:57
10. "Captain Bicardi" (Antônio 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).

• 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)[3]
• Stella Mars – vocals (track 8)
• Andy Bey – vocals (track 1)
• Flora Purim – vocals (track 9)[3]