Stevie Wonder - The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie / Bonus track (2025)

This is the first step of overwhelming genius, a smoky silver album that truly shows its face! The future of Stevie Wonder's music was promised even on his debut album. Stevie Wonder's talent and performance are on full display on this reissue of his first album. The uplifting and realistic feeling of "Fingertips" at the beginning of the album is the best part of the album. The other tracks, including M5 and M7, which should be called soul jazz, M6, with its exquisite slow and steady rhythm, and M8 and M9, which he himself composed, are also worth listening to for their charm as performers on various instruments. In addition to the singles from the same period, the bonus track, M13, is a beautiful masterpiece. The grand circle is a powerful stage performance that is a real-life version of "Fingertips". The masterpiece is repeated with the enjoyment of comparing it with the studio recording of the same song (M1). Commentary: Minoru Wakasugi

Tracklist:
1-1 Stevie Wonder - FINGERTIPS [3:00]
1-2 Stevie Wonder - SQUARE [3:03]
1-3 Stevie Wonder - SOUL BONGO [2:21]
1-4 Stevie Wonder - MANHATTAN AT SIX [3:47]
1-5 Stevie Wonder - PAULSBY [2:48]
1-6 Stevie Wonder - SOME OTHER TIME [5:11]
1-7 Stevie Wonder - WONDERING [2:52]
1-8 Stevie Wonder - SESSION NUMBER 112 [3:19]
1-9 Stevie Wonder - BAM [3:38]
1-10 Stevie Wonder - LA LA LA LA LA [2:20]
1-11 Stevie Wonder - I CALL IT PRETTY MUSIC, BUT THE OLD PEOPLE CALL IT THE BLUES (PART1) [2:34]
1-12 Stevie Wonder - CONTRACT ON LOVE [2:16]
1-13 Stevie Wonder - THE MASQUERADE [4:19]
1-14 Stevie Wonder - FINGERTIPS (Live : The 12 Year Old Genius) [6:38]