⬇️ JOOLS HOLLAND ⬇️
(Julian Miles Holland)
DISCOGRAPHY (1991-2024) (25CD/DVD)
In 1987 he created his 19-piece big band Jools Holland and his
Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, which has included vocalist Ruby
Turner. Since 1992 he has hosted Later... with Jools Holland, a
music show aired on BBC2, and in 1994 the BBC2 New Years Eve show
Jools' Annual Hootenanny was added. Holland is a published author
and appears on television shows besides his own. He regularly
hosted the programme Jools Holland on BBC Radio 2.
In 2004 Holland collaborated with the Welsh singer Tom Jones on
an album of traditional R&B music. He achieved his first UK
number one album in 2024 with Swing Fever, a collaboration with
Rod Stewart. He and his band have worked with many other artists,
including Marc Almond, Beverley Knight, Jayne County, José
Feliciano, Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison,
David Gilmour, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, Bono, The The, Ruby Turner,
and Amy Winehouse.
Holland was born on 24 January 1958 in Blackheath, southeast
London. At the age of eight, he could play the piano fluently by
ear. By his early teens he was appearing regularly in many of the
pubs in southeast London and the East End Docks.
Holland was educated at Shooters Hill Grammar School in southeast
London, from which he was expelled for damaging a teacher's
Triumph Herald.
Holland began his career as a session musician. His first studio
session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on
their track "Fuck Off".
Holland was a founding member of the rock band Squeeze, formed in
London in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1980. He
played on their first three albums, the eponymous Squeeze, Cool
for Cats and Argybargy, before pursuing his solo career.
Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being
Boogie Woogie '78. He continued his solo career through the early
1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and
1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based
TV music show The Tube with Paula Yates. Holland used the phrase,
"be there, or be an ungroovy fucker" in one early evening TV
trailer for the show, live across two channels, causing him to be
suspended from the show for six weeks. He referred to this in his
sitcom The Groovy Fellers with Rowland Rivron.
In 1983 Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's
re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for their album Soul Mining. In
1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to
1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Holland as their keyboard
player. Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point he
again departed to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV
host.
In 1987 Holland formed the Jools Holland Big Band, which
consisted of himself and Gilson Lavis from Squeeze, plus a number
of session musicians. The band grew and was soon renamed as Jools
Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. In May 2022, it was
a 17-piece orchestra and included singers Louise Marshall, Ruby
Turner and Holland's daughter Mabel Ray, as well as his younger
brother, singer-songwriter and keyboard player, Christopher
Holland.
Between 1988 and 1990 Holland performed and co-hosted along with
David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance
programme Sunday Night on NBC late-night television. Since 1992,
he has presented the music programme Later... with Jools Holland,
plus an annual New Year's Eve Hootenanny on BBC Two.
In 1992 he interviewed the surviving Beatles as part of the
Beatles Anthology documentary series.
In 1996 Holland signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.
Records, and his records are now marketed through Rhino
Records.
On 29 November 2002, Holland was in the ensemble of musicians who
performed at the Concert for George, which celebrated the music of
George Harrison. In January 2005, Holland and his band performed
with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief
Cardiff.
In 2004 he collaborated with the Welsh singer Tom Jones on an
album of traditional R&B music.
On BBC Radio 2 Holland regularly hosted the programme Jools
Holland, a mix of live and recorded music and general chat,
featuring studio guests, along with members of his orchestra.[15]
Holland currently hosts the music magazine programme Earlier with
Jools Holland on BBC Radio 3 at 12.00 - 13.00 on Saturdays.
In March 2023, Jimmy Barnes announced the formation of supergroup
the Barnestormers, featuring Barnes, Holland, Chris Cheney, Slim
Jim Phantom, and Kevin Shirley. A self-titled album was released
on 26 May 2023.
Holland achieved his first UK number one album in 2024 with Swing
Fever, a collaboration with Rod Stewart.....(Wikipedia)