{"product_id":"602445053216","title":"COWELL,STANLEY – ILLUSION SUITE (ECM LUMINESSENCE SERIES) - LP •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 602445053216 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: ECM RECORDS \u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: September 18, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCowell's Sole ECM Recording on Vinyl LP!\u003cbr\u003ePart of ECM's Audiophile Vinyl Series: Luminessence! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eIllusion Suite\u003c\/em\u003e, \"the charms are quiet,\" as \u003cem\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/em\u003e put it, reviewing the album in 1974. \"\u003cstrong\u003eIt creeps up on you and hits you in the ear in subtle ways. Things you hadn't noticed keep jumping out. This album most directly and accurately pictures [Stanley Cowell's] fresh keyboard approach.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" On the album – Cowell's only recording for ECM – the pianist's trio is completed by bassist Stanley Clarke and Jimmy Hopps on drums. Together, the players fashion a wide-flung idiomatic net that puts Cowell's compositional vision first – improvisation as means for exploration but also for sculpting an unmistakable identity, a thing Cowell had never done with as much clarity prior to this session. In his liner note, accompanying the Luminessence vinyl reissue of this album, pianist and writer Ethan Iverson observes how \"\u003cstrong\u003eCowell leaps from one idea to the next, tackling diverse genres with gusto\u003c\/strong\u003e\" and calls the album \"\u003cstrong\u003ea fearless and experimental excursion that embraces multitudes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eWith his own trio on 'Illusion Suite', Cowell finds a remarkable tone that, as personal as it is, set something like a template for a new modernist classicism. An inspired, imaginative, energetic improviser, Cowell digs deep into the harmonic complexities of his tunes while building mercurial melodic lines on the fly. In short, it's a trio recording that opens out prismatically into the music of the future—and its emphases and inflections are just as timely now.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"– Richard Brody, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRe-issued as part of ECM's Luminessence series, \u003cem\u003eIllusion Suite\u003c\/em\u003e arrives in a tip-on gatefold jacket with new liner notes and an archival photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eStanley Cowell\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003epiano\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eStanley Clarke\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ebass\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eJimmy Hopps\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003edrums\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide 1:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaimoun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIbn Mukhtarr Mustapha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCal Massey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide 2:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiss Viki\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmil Danenberg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAstral Spiritual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"ECM RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44609184759907,"sku":"602445053216","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/image_21a3acbb-2910-41c5-adb8-efaa9cb87ba5.png?v=1789531622","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/602445053216","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}