Illusions (Arthur Blythe album)
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| Illusions | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1980 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:09 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Jim Fishel, Arthur Blythe | |||
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Illusions is jazz saxophonist Arthur Blythe's third album for the Columbia label, recorded in New York City in 1980.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
From contemporary reviews, Robert Palmer placed the album at fifth place in his best of 1980 list for The New York Times, proclaiming Blythe to be a "formidable alto saxophonist" and that the funk tunes on the album "proved that substantial yet danceable jazz isn't an impossible dream."[3]
From retrospective reviews, Scott Yanow of AllMusic states that "the distinctive alto of Blythe is heard in top form on six of his unusual originals ... It's recommended."[1]