Continuing the theme of glorious insanity, here's "Khalid of Space Part Two - Welcome" by Larry Young. I first came across Young as he was part of The Tony Williams Lifetime (more on that group later), and took a chance by buying a copy of his Lawrence of Newark album. One of the stranger albums in my collection, certainly not jazz for a Sunday evening! Perhaps it should be...

The Tony Williams Lifetime's first album, Emergency!, ran headlong between jazz and rock music. This is "Vashkar", which features some frankly sensational work from one of the greatest geniuses ever to sit behind a drum kit, Tony Williams. Metal fans might spot blast beats from 1969!

On a completely different note, I've been enjoying Alban Gerhardt and Steven Osborne's recordings (for Hyperion) of Alkan's and Chopin's Cello Sonatas. Here's the first movement of Alkan's, which I think is the better of the two pieces: