Elements - Illumination Illumination is the fourth recording by influential fusion group Elements-Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb and features special guests: Bill Evans-sax, Clifford Carter-keyboards, Steve Khan-guitar and Stan Samole-guitar. Seven of the ten compositions were recorded during the summer of 1987 at Right Track Studios, NYC. Engineered by Scott….and produced by Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. The additional three compositions were recorded at Howard Schwartz Recording, NYC in 1986, engineered by Richard Brownstein and also produced by Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. These recordings were group improvisations that evolved into the songs, Sunken Cathedral, Bali and Saturn Return. Illumination peaked at #17 as Top Contemporary Jazz Album.