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The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

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The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie
Studio album by
Little Stevie Wonder
ReleasedSeptember 1962
StudioHitsville USA, Detroit
Genre
Length29:51
LanguageInstrumental[3]
LabelTamla
ProducerHenry Cosby, Clarence Paul
Little Stevie Wonder chronology
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie
(1962) 		Tribute to Uncle Ray
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Tom HullB[3]

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie is the debut studio album by Little Stevie Wonder, released in September 1962 on the Tamla Motown label.

The album showcases the 12-year-old Wonder's talents as a composer and instrumentalist and is one of two Wonder studio albums on which he does not sing (the other being Eivets Rednow); he is featured on percussion, the keyboard, and the harmonica. Wonder's mentors Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby wrote and produced the material on The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie Wonder, with the young Wonder himself also co-writing two of the compositions. The original studio version of "Fingertips" is included on the album; a live version would become Wonder's first hit single.

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 3:00 – Little Stevie on bongos
  2. "The Square" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:03 – Little Stevie on harmonica
  3. "Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 2:20 – Little Stevie on bongos
  4. "Manhattan at Six" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:47 – Little Stevie on drums
  5. "Paulsby" (Cosby, Paul) – 2:47 – Little Stevie on organ and harmonica

Side two

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  1. "Some Other Time" (Cosby, Paul) – 5:11 – Little Stevie on harmonica
  2. "Wondering" (Paul, Stevie Wonder) – 2:51 – Little Stevie on organ
  3. "Session Number 112" (Paul, Wonder) – 3:18 – Little Stevie on piano and harmonica
  4. "Bam" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) – 3:34 – Little Stevie on harmonica

References

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  1. ^ a b Eder, Bruce. "The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie – Stevie Wonder | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 56.
  3. ^ a b c Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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