Illusion Suite is an album by the Stanley Cowell Trio recorded on November 29, 1972 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features rhythm section Stanley Clarke and Jimmy Hopps.ECM discography, accessed January 6, 2015.
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."Hamilton, A. Allmusic Review, accessed January 6, 2015.
DownBeat assigned the album 4.5 stars. Will Smith called Cowell eclectic, "Perhaps the most enchanting element of his style is the gorgeous and telling use he makes of dissonance as a tension-builder".
Track listing All compositions by Stanley Cowell "Maimoun" - 7:47 "Ibn Mukhtarr Mustapha" - 4:49 "Cal Massey" - 6:06 "Miss Viki" - 5:22 "Emil Danenberg" - 8:29 "Astral Spiritual" - 7:38
Personnel Stanley Cowell Trio Stanley Cowell – piano Stanley Clarke – bass Jimmy Hopps – drums
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