Christopher Holland

In between working on his own music Holland has also played electronic organ, recorded and written for Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra.[1]

1999 saw the release of his first solo album, Cosmic Harmony Companion (on Beautiful Records BT003CD), containing some of his earliest compositions and featuring various guest musicians. A follow-up studio album Hoopatasso was released in 2002 in a limited number, which served as a taster for Brother Sun Sister Moon (BT004CD), which was issued in the summer of 2003.

Continuing to tour throughout 2004 with his band Cosmic Harmony, as well as playing solo shows, he released a one-off project with ex-B sharp member Lisa Covington, using a wide range of vintage keyboards, entitled Butterfly Effect was released in (2005).

During 2006 and 2007, Holland was in the recording studio, working on thirteen new songs featuring Edwina Hayes on vocals and Melvyn Duffy on lap–pedal steel guitar and Ash Soan on drums. The ensuing Everything You Can Imagine Is Real was released in 2007.

Between 2008 and 2012 while continuing to perform with the Rhythm and Blues orchestra Chris and sound engineer Ron Box worked on a double album released on Holland's own Cosmic Harmony Records label.

This is a list of the albums Holland has appeared on:

• Squeeze – Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (1985)
• Green On Red – Live at the T and C (1989)
• Green On Red – Too Much Fun (1992)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Live Performance (1994)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll (1996)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Lift The Lid (1997)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Best Of (1998)
• Squeeze – Domino (1998)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Sunset Over London (1999)
• 'Christopher Holland' – 'Cosmic Harmony Companion' (1999)
• Sam Brown – Reboot (2000)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Hop The Wag (2000)
• Paul Weller (DVD) Live at Albert Hall (2000)
• Glenn Tilbrook – The Incomplete (2001)
• Jools Holland – The Swing Album (2001)
• Christopher Holland – Hoopatasso (2001)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Small World Big Band (2001)
• Stereophonics – "Handbags and Gladrags" (2002)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – SWBB Volume Two: More Friends (2002)
• Squeeze – Big Squeeze: The Very Best Of Squeeze (2002)
• Christopher Holland – Brother Sun Sister Moon (2003)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra – Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3) (2003)
• Christopher Holland's Cosmic Harmony – Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Jools Holland – Tom Jones and Jools Holland (2003)
• Jimmy Scott – Someone To Watch Over Me (2004)
• The Fields – Down The Wire (2004)
• Jools Holland R & B Orchestra' – Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska (2005)
• 'Sam Brown' – Best Of (2005)
• Ray Davies – "Thanksgiving Day" (2005)
• 'Chris Difford' – Songs from the Weald (2006)
• 'Jools Holland R & B Orchestra' – Moving Out to the Country (2006)
• 'Christopher Holland' – Everything You Can Imagine Is Real (2007)
• 'Jools Holland' – 'Best of Friends' (2007)
• 'Jools Holland' – 'The informer' – (2008)
• 'Ruby Turner' – 'I'm travelling on' – (2009)
• 'Tom Jones' – 'Praise and Blame' – (2010)
• 'Jools Holland' – 'Rocking Horse' – (2011)
• 'Christopher Holland' – 'Corner Green' – (Aug 2012)
• 'Jools Holland' – 'Golden Age Of Song' Dec (2012)
• 'Ethan Johns' – 'If Not Now When' (Feb 2013)