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must be fine. I always loved Sun Ra, from the very first time I heard him on record (it must have been among my first records in teenage years, and finally until I saw him live.  Well, my first start was the ESP album "Nothin´ Is" from I think 1966, it left a live long impression, and it is interesting when I finally heard him live, I was more prepared to free stuff like that, which sure was present, then to the bop standards and swing standards he also played. But for those who always thought that Free Jazz Musicians can play straight, it was a serious lection, Ra doin stride was first hand stride, he had it in the blood as well as Space Age Free Jazz. IMHO he was one of the greatest of them all, a pure Genius.  I did not really understand all that stuff with Sun, Moon and Stars but since I am not a one God believer, more so I belief that there is a lotta "Gods", one God for the Sunrise, one for the Moonlight, one for harvest, one for nature or so, I dig Sun, Moon and Stars.... just as nature we see, and if I´m honest when I see a star or the moon I think about Sun Ra. Let people laugh about me, they must have somethin to laugh at, but I admire Sun Ra ! 

I must admit I have not heard much of Don Menza but when I saw him once in Viena he was tops, played tenor, really tough tenor with all them runs and almost like Griffin.....really a surprises....I was sick and inactive then, but now I regret I didn´t play with someone like him.....

Roberto Torres "En Mi Triste Agonia" (SAR Records) 1979 .... superb tres solo by Victor Trias ....

We share exactly the same impressions !  You can read mine also earlier here on this thread.  Exactly my impressions, one of the great jazz composers, but I don´t really like his tenor playing.  And like you I love Bud Powell´s interpretations of it, live or in the studio at "Return of Bud Powell". I can´t say which one I prefer, because Bud recorded it on almost each album in the 60´s , in all European Countries like France, Italia, Suedia, Danemarca, Belgia , Germania , everywhere...... Well, there is no end, there is so much good players around, if people would stop listen to so called "modern jazz" just because those who first played it in the 40´s, 50´s we might not be able to pay our rents........

Art Farmer and Benny Golson now reunited again ....