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Stevie Wonder's debut album, released when he was 11, is still an amazing musical document, showcasing his skills as a percussionist (drums and bongos), chromatic harmonica player, keyboardist (piano and organ), and composer -- and he was prodigious in all four categories. All of these skills are highlighted throughout this record, and Wonder's youthful, exuberant voice had a maturity suggesting that greatness was around the corner. Perhaps most surprising to contemporary listeners will be the emphasis on instrumentals, which made this a fairly unusual album by Motown standards to begin with. Apart from a few shouts in the background in some of the more free-form tracks, there's not a vocal to be heard here, yet the sounds are rich and diverse enough that one never misses them. What's more, a lot of what's here is extremely sophisticated instrumental music for its time, and the "jazz" reference in the title is not a matter of optimistic convenience or self-aggrandizement -- a lot of this is legitimate jazz.
© Bruce Eder & Ron Wynn /TiVo
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Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - S. Judkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Judkins, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, MainArtist - Clarence Paul, Producer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Stevie Wonder's debut album, released when he was 11, is still an amazing musical document, showcasing his skills as a percussionist (drums and bongos), chromatic harmonica player, keyboardist (piano and organ), and composer -- and he was prodigious in all four categories. All of these skills are highlighted throughout this record, and Wonder's youthful, exuberant voice had a maturity suggesting that greatness was around the corner. Perhaps most surprising to contemporary listeners will be the emphasis on instrumentals, which made this a fairly unusual album by Motown standards to begin with. Apart from a few shouts in the background in some of the more free-form tracks, there's not a vocal to be heard here, yet the sounds are rich and diverse enough that one never misses them. What's more, a lot of what's here is extremely sophisticated instrumental music for its time, and the "jazz" reference in the title is not a matter of optimistic convenience or self-aggrandizement -- a lot of this is legitimate jazz.
© Bruce Eder & Ron Wynn /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:34
- Main artists: Stevie Wonder
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2020 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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