The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie
Studio album by Little Stevie Wonder
Released	September 1962
Recorded	Hitsville USA, Detroit: 1962
Genre	Soul, jazz
Length	29:51
Label	Tamla
Producer	Henry Cosby Clarence Paul
Stevie Wonder chronology
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) Tribute to Uncle Ray (1962)

The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie is the 1962 debut album by Stevie Wonder (then billed as "Little Stevie Wonder") on the Tamla (Motown) label.

The LP showcases the twelve-year-old Wonder's talents as a songwriter and instrumentalist and this is one of two Wonder studio albums in 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 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

Side one

1. "Fingertips" (Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul) – 3:00
2. "The Square" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:03
3. "Soul Bongo" (Marvin Gaye, Paul) – 2:20
4. "Manhattan at Six" (Cosby, Paul) – 3:47
5. "Paulsby" (Cosby, Paul) – 2:47

Side two

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

Personnel