Jools Holland

Jools Holland is one of those rare musicians who is also a brilliant cultural connector. His boogie-woogie piano is instantly recognizable, but his real gift may be the platform he has given others through decades of presenting. An OBE who also collects model railways tells you everything about his charm: serious craft, unpretentious soul. I admire how he built a whole big band around his own sound and then kept it alive for decades. He represents a kind of steady, generous longevity in British music that I find genuinely worth celebrating rather than chasing the next trend.

Name (English)

Jools Holland

Name (Japanese)

ジュールズ・ホランド

Reading

じゅーるず・ほらんど

Born

January 27, 1956 (age 70)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

London, Roman Empire

Occupation

composer / pianist / bandleader / television presenter / rail transport modelling

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• BBC Jazz Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.joolsholland.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jools.holland.official/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jools%20Holland
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181991

Tags

• composer
• pianist
• bandleader

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.