Illusion Suite (album)

Illusion Suite
Studio album by Stanley Cowell Trio
Released	1973
Recorded	November 29, 1972 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York
Genre	Jazz
Label	ECM ECM 1026
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Stanley Cowell chronology
Handscapes (1973) Illusion Suite (1973) Musa: Ancestral Streams (1974)

Illusion Suite is an album by American pianist and composer Stanley Cowell recorded in 1972 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Andrew Hamilton rated the album 4 stars stating "Cowell and Clarke display amazing technique ...and Hopps' impressionistic drumming is head clearing. ...Hopps plays as if he has four hands with a drumstick in each, Cowell's rolling piano chords are matched in fever by Clarke's bass work".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Stanley Cowell

1. "Maimoun" - 7:47
2. "Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha" - 4:49
3. "Cal Massey" - 6:06
4. "Miss Viki" -5:22
5. "Emil Danenberg" - 8:29
6. "Astral Spiritual" - 7:38

Personnel

• Stanley Cowell — piano
• Stanley Clarke — bass
• Jimmy Hopps — drums

References

1. ECM discography accessed January 6, 2015
2. Hamilton, A. Allmusic Review accessed January 6, 2015
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 52. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.