Jools Holland

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Jools Holland, born Julian Miles Holland (b. January 24, 1958) is a British pianist, TV presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music dilettante.

A founder member of the highly acclaimed and successful band Squeeze, which he left in 1980, he presented TV music show The Tube and now presents the programme Later with Jools Holland, plus an annual New Year's Eve "Hootenanny".

Singers Sam Brown and Ruby Turner often join his touring band, The Rhythm And Blues Orchestra.

Holland lives in the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath in south-east London, where he has had his studio built to his own design, loosely inspired by Portmeirion.

He received an OBE in 2003 on the Queen Birthday Honours list for services to the British Music industry as a television presenter and muscian. He is also a published author and appears regularly on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. He recently collaborated with Tom Jones on an album.