Founded in 1957, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul – a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R & B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. In April you’ve got two chances to see him live, either the A Taste of the Mediterranean cruise or the Exploring Spain and Western France 12-night cruise. The show is about an hour long, says Jools. ‘There are things from my history, some boogie-woogie and stride piano, some ska. I go for a few different styles.’ Mississippi. He performs Midnight Heat, whilst Willie J Healey makes his debut on the show with Thank You, from his third album Bunny.

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It’s a 444-seater, which is a lovely size,” he says. “Often we would be in a 2,000-5,000- seat theatre. This size is much more intimate.” Laughing Policeman Wireless Society: History of Swearing". Laughingpoliceman.com . Retrieved 13 April 2011. Dyer, Chris; Bird, Steve (17 March 2018). "Jools Holland wins battle over late night music from wedding venue neighbour". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Horton, Helena. "Jools Holland reveals 100ft long model railway in his attic that he spent 10 years building". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 26 February 2019. Musician Jools Holland and Christabel McEwen pose at their wedding at..." Getty Images . Retrieved 7 April 2022.Holland was educated at Shooters Hill Grammar School in southeast London, from which he was expelled for damaging a teacher's Triumph Herald. [3] Career [ edit ] Real Wild Child, the new song from The Barnestormers, is out today. Written by Johnny O'Keefe and band members Johnny Greenan On Spirit of Discovery, Jools will be playing the Playhouse Theatre. ‘It’s a 500-seater, which is a lovely size,’ says Jools. ‘Often we would be in a 2,000-5,000-seat theatre. This size is much more intimate.’ The Friday headliner is one of Britain’s most beloved boybands – JLS. They released their debut album in 2009 which has since sold over 1 million copies in the UK alone. They have also won two BRIT awards and five MOBO awards. In 1987, Holland formed the Jools Holland Big Band, which consisted of himself and for the show Gilson Lavis from Squeeze, which gradually grew and was renamed as Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. [6] 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. [6]

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between all that, we'll be performing our music, in the specially built theatre, for everyone onboard. Have you ever cruised with Saga before? signature version of the song while decades later Iggy Pop's interpretation hit the UK Top 10 and reached #1 in New Zealand. It Founded in 1957, Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul music. Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to this pioneering label in a concert featuring hits from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Johnnie Taylor. and Dave Owens and released in 1958, it was inspired by a fight at one of their gigs in the inner-Sydney suburb of Newtown.

As a teenager, Holland lived with his grandparents, [10] which he mentioned anecdotally in a 2020 episode of Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains. See also: Squeeze and Squeeze discography Albums which charted and received certifications [ edit ] Year In June 2006, Holland performed in Southend for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay, [24] and in early 2007 he performed at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings. [25] He is also patron of Drake Music. [26] Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra at Guilfest 2012

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The ship’s location was perfect. In one direction you could walk into the tiny alleyways and streets and hear the fado music, and in the other direction you could wander off to the museums. In 2009, Holland commissioned TV series Bangla Bangers ( Chop Shop) to create a replica of the Rover JET1 for personal use. Out of courtesy, prime minister Tony Blair, President Bill Clinton, and then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin also stood. Once they realised it was The Beatles' song, and to avoid an international incident, they carried on dancing. After the performance, Bill Clinton spent half an hour with the brass section – talking about saxophones. 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. [ citation needed]When you’re in that space and you’re playing, and they’re tapping their feet or moving in their seats, or you’re inspiring them to dance, it’s like a strange magic,’ he says. ‘The theatre on Spirit of Discovery is a wonderful venue for that. Not only the acoustics but the layout. And the stepped seating means you can see everything clearly.’ In 1983, Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for the 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. [ citation needed] From 1982 until 1987, he co-presented the Channel 4 music programme The Tube. Since 1992, he has hosted Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny is based. [1] 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 he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. The Bois­dale Jazz & Cig­ar Club exists to gen­er­al­ly encour­age the enjoy­ment of life with a spe­cif­ic focus on clas­sic jazz, Cuban cig­ars, Scot­tish malt whisky and inter­ac­tion between its members.

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BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts, Greenwich". BBC. October 2007 . Retrieved 26 December 2022. Virginia Astley". Virginiaastley.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008 . Retrieved 27 July 2015. One of Jools’s first cruises after that launch took in Lisbon, somewhere he had never been before. ‘The ship’s location was perfect. In one direction you could walk into the tiny alleyways and streets and hear the fado music, and in the other direction you could wander off to the museums. Leaders in Music, Disability & Technology". Drake Music. 20 June 2014 . Retrieved 27 December 2015.

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We are also delighted to welcome Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, a gifted blues guitarist and vocalist who Jools met in a juke joint in The theatre on Spirit of Discovery is a wonderful venue for that. Not only the acoustics but the layout. And the stepped seating means you can see everything clearly.” Jools first performance will be on the Discover the Canary Islands cruise in January. Then in March he will be joining The Adriatic at Easter where the stops include Dubrovnik, Cagliari and Salerno. 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. [8]