"Music of My Mind" – Stevie Wonder
From You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians by Peter Martin & Adam Maness
March 2, 2026 · 1h 39m · Season 14 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode explores Stevie Wonder's album 'Music of My Mind' and its significance in music history.
What happens when you let a musical genius make the album of his dreams? You get Stevie Wonder's Music of My Mind (1972), the start of the greatest run in music history. Music of My Mind would be the first of a five-album run that formed Stevie Wonder's Classic Period, including Talking Book (1972), Innervisions (1973), Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) and Songs in the Key of Life (1976). In this episode of You'll Hear It, jazz pianists Adam Maness and Peter Martin dive into every track on Music of My Mind, listening to isolated stems and breaking down the theory behind the songs. Plus - we talk about TONTO, the one-ton synthesizer Stevie used to create this record. And we dig into the innovative ways Stevie and collaborators Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff mixed the album. ------------------------------- Start your free Open Studio trial for ALLLLL your jazz lesson needs: https://openstudiojazz.com/yhi ------------------------------- Related You'll Hear It episodes: Talking Book: https://youtu.be/ymcy3ot116w Innervisions: https://youtu.be/mUYwIijL7s0 Songs in the Key of Life: https://youtu.be/uk5x4-uTzj8 ------------------------------- About You'll Hear It: In this…
People in this episode
Hosts: Adam Maness, Peter Martin
Topics covered
- Stevie Wonder
- Music analysis
- Jazz
- Album breakdown
- Synthesizers
Keywords
- Stevie Wonder
- Music of My Mind
- jazz
- album analysis
- TONTO synthesizer
Sponsors
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Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs in the Key of Life
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