I came across this album.  It's Andy Kirk with a bunch of musicians playing Kirk's old 1930s Clouds of Joy hits in 1957.  This is interesting because I've been getting into Kirk, Mary Lou Williams and Clouds of Joy but particularly because of the musicians on it.  It's a lot of the same players as MS-027 Mosaic Select: Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green, including Frank Rehak.  I love that Select so when I saw this I really wanted to hear it.  It does not seem to be available to stream anywhere so I ended up ordering a used copy which will arrive in a few days.  

On to another Sun Ra, “When Angles Speak of Love” Myth Science cd This material is from 1963 and rather “out there” but an interesting sonic experience. Suits the hour and my mood. This is very 1963 exploratory jazz, sounds like a time capsule to me. Sun Ra: piano, Clavioline, gong Walter Miller: trumpet Marshall Allen: oboe, alto sax, percussion Danny Davis: alto sax John Gilmore: tenor sax, percussion Pat Patrick: baritone sax, percussion Robert Cummings: bass clarinet Ronnie Boykins: bass Clifford Jarvis: drums Tommy “Bugs” Hunter: drums (?), percussion, tape reverb, engineer Ensemble: vocals    

February 3 Bob Stewart - 1945 I saw him with 'Tony Malaby TubaCello' in Göttingen November 7, 2015 – he replaced Dan Peck

It was triggered by listening to that new Abhorrent Expansive record with Craig Taborn on. I always enjoy this one, although I rarely remember to listen to it. In the fusiony death metal world I tend to reach for Gorguts and Cynic first. 

My wife fell asleep early and I turned in but woke up and had trouble going back to sleep so I’m doing some listening. I pulled out a Sun Ra reissue from last decade I had little memory of and it’s an interesting date. No bass player, which creates an interesing “space” in the music, sort of wish Ronnie Boykns was present. A radio broadcast from the Philadelpphia period which is one of the final Ra periods I am really interested in. Lots of Ra piano and good Gilmore and Allen playing. Sun Ra “Of Abstract Dreams” Strut cd