Elements is the debut recording from the influential fusion group Elements led by Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb, formerly of the original Pat Metheny Group. Also featured are special guests, Bill Evans-sax and Clifford Carter-keyboards. Following their tenure as members of the Grammy Award winning Pat Metheny Group, Mark and Danny with a collective vision of their own wanted to form their group and teemed up with special guests Bill Evans-saxophone and Clifford Carter-Keyboards to record these seven original compositions. During this time period Bill Evans was a member of the Miles Davis group and Clifford Carter was a first call New York session player as well as a member of the 24 Street Band. The music was recorded in two days in the summer of 1982 at Howard Schwartz Recording Studios, NYC and engineered by Richard Brownstein and produced by Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. This first Elements project captures a special and expansive group sound and chemistry that would be the launching point for the future Elements recordings.