Jools Holland Tickets

About Jools Holland

Beginning: “Squeeze” band

In 1974, Jules, who was 15, made a band with Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook and called it “Squeeze”. In 1977, they made their debut before the public, and they released their first official album under the modest title “Squeeze” (1978). The success was immediate – the guys were noticed and their compositions began to make its way into the charts.

Solo Projects

Holland, who was very ambitious, led his own, independent of the team project. So, he recorded his own EP titled “Boogie Woogie' 78 “, which was even more successful than the collective work of the group. With “Squeeze” Jules remained until 1981, after leaving it, he recorded “Jools Holland and His Millionaires”, which failed.

Reunion

In the mid-80s he began to work with the virtuoso drummer Gilson Lavis. They have made several tours together, and later worked for more than twenty years. By the way, at the same time the reunion with the group “Squeeze” took place. Soon they released their new album “Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti”.

Achievements

After parting with the band for the second time, Holland recorded “World Of His Own”; “The A-Z Geographer's Guide To The Piano”; “Solo Piano” and “Live Performance” in the first half of the 1990s.  Holland does not also forget to record his new albums and - just in the beginning of the 2000s, he had about a dozen of them. In general, his discography consists of about three dozen releases. His biography, published in 2007 – “Barefaced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts” - became 'Book of the Week' at BBC Radio 4, except that Jools Holland published four books.