★★★★☆In some quarters saying you like Jools Holland’s big band is akin to confessing that you keep a stash of Max Bygraves LPs under your bed. Is it because Holland hangs out with Prince Charles? Or because he is invariably the first port of call for TV producers looking for a music presenter? Purists tend to look down their noses at him because his musicians stray all over the stylistic dial. The last of the legends to do it…

Source: The Times November 27, 2017 00:03 UTC