Off the record

We've recently been enjoying both the work of Ahmed and Thomas' solo albums, The Solar Model Of Ibn Al-Shatir, which is truly wonderful....

Dating from 1957, this rather lovely compilation pits together all three of Lateef's Savoy sessions, his first recordings as a leader....

It's hard to walk into any discerning record shop these days let alone Sainsburys and not see the Velvet Underground And Nico album...