Jools Holland - Pianola. PIANO & FRIENDS (2021) [Official Digital Download]

Celebrated musician, bandleader and television host Jools Holland has amassed an almighty line-up of musicians, each a master of their individual instrument, for his new album PIANOLA. PIANO & FRIENDS. A loving tribute to the black and white keys that have become synonymous with Holland and his show-stopping stylings.

PIANOLA. PIANO & FRIENDS celebrates the community and conviviality that the piano inspires. At the core of the album is the eponymous pianola that was once owned by his grandmother Rosie. A sturdy self-playing stand-up, Grandmother Rosie’s war-torn pianola once entertained guests in her little front room before a young Holland began learning learn to play on it, sparking his love of music and this very album. A constant champion of musicians around the world, Holland has brought together a truly unique line-up of some of the world’s greatest artists in their field, from unrivaled concert pianist Lang Lang to guitar master David Gilmour as well as the vocal talents of Ruby Turner and Gregory Porter, for this expansive album, showcasing the vibrant versatility and virtuosity of the piano.

With seven tracks written by Holland himself, the album has been produced by multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney, who received the Ivor Novello's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 and whose distinctive creative vision profoundly shaped the album, as well as Jools’ longtime producer Laurie Latham with one track co-written and produced by Mousse T.

PIANOLA. PIANO & FRIENDS has been principally recorded at Helicon Mountain, Greenwich, and The Dairy Studios, Brixton, with additional recording at Buckjump Studio, New Orleans, USA, Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, China, and Peppermint Pavillon, Hannover, Germany.

TRACKLIST

1. Jools Holland - Instructions
2. Jools Holland - Morris Dance (feat. Trombone Shorty & The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)
3. Jools Holland - Rockin' Lock-in (feat. George Latham)
4. Jools Holland - Forgive Me (feat. London Contemporary Voices and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)
5. Jools Holland - Blues for the End of Time (feat. Dhani Harrison)
6. Jools Holland - Hard Times (feat. David Sanborn and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)
7. Jools Holland - Surfin' (feat. Moses Boyd and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Horn Section)
8. Jools Holland - Love Letter to Groningen
9. Jools Holland - St Louis Blues (feat. Moses Boyd)
10. Jools Holland - Mona Lisa Smile (Live at The Royal Albert Hall, London, 2017)
11. Jools Holland - Requiem (feat. Gilson Lavis & Pino Palladino)
12. Jools Holland - Boogie Woogie Twins (feat. Omar Hakim & Marcus Miller) (Live at Chelsea Television Studios, New York City, 1988)
13. Jools Holland - Prelude No 1 in C Major (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)
14. Jools Holland - Ghost in the Piano
15. Jools Holland - To Whom it May Concern
16. Jools Holland - Etude 53
17. Jools Holland - Do the Boogie (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Horn Section)
18. Jools Holland - Abide with Me
19. Jools Holland - Rockin' the Boogie (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra)
20. Jools Holland - Worst Man in London (feat. Anna Phoebe & London Contemporary Voices)
21. Jools Holland - The Piano (feat. Nan's Pianola)



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