Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder  
Podcast: You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians
Published On: Mon Aug 03 2026
Description: Learn to play "Isn't She Lovely", even if you've never played a note. Led by You'll Hear It co-host Adam Maness, this special lesson is simple enough to follow, even for absolute beginners. You've spent an hour listening to Adam and Peter take the album apart. Now, you can sit down and play it in the Players Club: https://yhi.link/stevie-sitkol----------------Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life is all killer, no filler. Every track is a masterpiece. It's almost TOO easy for two jazz pianists in the business of reviewing history's greatest albums. So we're upping the stakes ... with a draft. Adam and Peter each present their top tracks from Songs in the Key of Life, compare and contrast, and see who comes out on top with the best lineup.Along the way, they reveal why Stevie Wonder is the master of harmony, how he (and only he) can get away with flourishes that would sound "corny" anywhere else, and the production details you'll never unhear.----------------Learn to talk like a jazz musician. Download the Liner Notes today: https://yhi.link/linerNotes-1 ----------------Open Studio plays Stevie Wonder's "If It's Magic": https://youtu.be/hY21yVJhOck----------------00:00 Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder01:24 New rules: we're drafting the album02:57 Love's in Need of Love Today05:55 If It's Magic06:57 As10:00 Summer Soft11:15 I Wish12:30 Knocks Me Off My Feet14:08 Isn't She Lovely16:48 Pastime Paradise18:30 Sir Duke20:55 Ebony Eyes22:09 Have a Talk with God24:09 Contusion26:05 Village Ghetto Land27:18 Ordinary Pain28:47 Joy Inside My Tears30:50 Another Star31:55 Black Man33:30 Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing35:05 All Day Sucker36:23 Saturn39:55 Easy Goin' Evening41:35 The final lineups - Who won the draft