Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: Rockinghorse | CD review

(Rhino UK)It's hard to listen to Rockinghorse – British institution Jools Holland's first album with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra since 2008's The Informer – without picturing him smugly indulging in some boogie woogie on Later ... It's a sight that causes some to weep with joy and others in sheer exasperation. On Rockinghorse, it's a curious mix of both as, over 19 fairly long and varied tracks, we get the lovely soul-inflected Father Time, Michael McDonald crooning his way through the big-...

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