Jools Holland je britský pianista, kapelník, spevák a skladateľ, ktorý v roku 1987 založil deväťnásťčlennú big bandovú formáciu Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Od roku 1992 moderuje hudobný program BBC Later... with Jools Holland, za čo získal Rád Britského impéria. Spolupracoval s Davidom Gilmourom, Ericom Claptonom, Markom Knopflerom či Stingom.
Album Pianola: Piano & Friends prináša na dvojvinyle dva desiatky nahrávok v sprievode celého radu významných hostí. Medzi spolupracujúcimi umelcami sa objavujú Tom Jones, David Gilmour, Herbie Hancock, Gregory Porter, Joe Bonamassa, Lang Lang, Jamie Cullum či Rick Wakeman. Záznam obsahuje živé vystúpenia z Royal Albert Hall a Chelsea Television Studios, ako aj štúdiové skladby s sprievodom London Contemporary Voices alebo Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Materiál pokrýva blues, boogie-woogie aj klasické úpravy.
Skladby
LP1
1. Jools Holland - Instructions [0:56]
2. Jools Holland - Morris Dance (feat. Trombone Shorty & The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) [02:53]
3. Jools Holland & Booker T. - Rockin' Lock-in (feat. George Latham) [03:11]
4. Jools Holland & Tom Jones - Forgive Me (feat. London Contemporary Voices and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) [03:28]
5. Jools Holland & David Gilmour - Blues for the End of Time (feat. Dhani Harrison) [04:56]
6. Jools Holland - Hard Times (feat. David Sanborn and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) [03:26]
7. Jools Holland & Yolanda Brown - Surfin' (feat. Moses Boyd and The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Horn Section) [03:35]
8. Jools Holland & Lang Lang - Love Letter to Groningen [04:46]
9. Jools Holland & Herbie Hancock - St Louis Blues (feat. Moses Boyd) [03:27]
10. Jools Holland & Gregory Porter - Mona Lisa Smile (Live at The Royal Albert Hall, London, 2017) [04:29]
LP2
1. Jools Holland & Joe Bonamassa - Requiem (feat. Gilson Lavis & Pino Palladino) [04:29]
2. Jools Holland & Dr. John - Boogie Woogie Twins (feat. Omar Hakim & Marcus Miller) [Live at Chelsea Television Studios, New York City, 1988] [02:13]
3. Jools Holland - Prelude No 1 in C Major (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) [04:15]
4. Jools Holland & Jamie Cullum - Ghost in the Piano [04:13]
5. Jools Holland & Ayanna Witter-Johnson - To Whom it May Concern [03:12]
6. Jools Holland - Etude 53 [02:48]
7. Jools Holland & Mousse T. - Do the Boogie (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Horn Section) [03:33]
8. Jools Holland & Moses Boyd - Abide with Me [03:54]
9. Jools Holland & Rick Wakeman - Rockin' the Boogie (feat. The Rhythm & Blues Orchestra) [02:13]
10. Jools Holland & Nitin Sawhney - Worst Man in London (feat. Anna Phoebe & London Contemporary Voices) [04:46]
11. Jools Holland & Ruby Turner - The Piano (feat. Nan's Pianola) [02:43]
