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Artist | If
Title | If 2
Genre | Jazz Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 36:32
Label | Repertoire Records Store | 2014
Catalog | REPUK 1182 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 263 kbps Size | 72.39 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Your City Is Falling 5:05
02. Sunday Sad 8:23
03. Tarmac T. Pirate And The Lonesome Nymphomaniac 4:33
04. I Couldn't Write And Tell You 8:20
05. Shadows And Echoes 4:26
06. A Song For Else, Three Days Before Her 25th Birthday 5:45
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If was Great Britain's contribution to the jazz-rock movement begun
and popularized in the late 60s/early 70s by Blood, Sweat & Tears
and Chicago. Formed in 1969 by Melody Maker jazz poll winners Dave
Quincy, Dick Morrissey, and Terry Smith, the band never found
popular success in the United States. However, If produced several
albums noteworthy for placing jazz players in a pop/rock band
context and producing a true fusion of the two genres without
diluting the players' improvisational skills. Unlike most of their
horn-band contemporaries, If had no brass players in the band,
relying solely on the saxophones of Dick Morrissey and the flute and
saxophones of Dave Quincy. But what really gave If its unique sound
were the vocals of J.W. Hodgkinson and the guitar of Terry Smith.
Hodgkinson's vocal timbre was unusual - smooth, flexible, and strong
in the high end, sounding like no other vocalist. Smith's trebly
guitar sound was also unique, combining a rocker's use of sustain
with the jazz fluency of Wes Montgomery and Django Reinhardt. The
original incarnation of If produced five excellent albums between
1970 and 1972, but these albums failed to find an audience.
Morrissey soldiered on with the If name for two more albums with a
totally different lineup and a more generic rock-type sound, but
these, too, went nowhere. Drummer Dennis Elliott was later a member
of the platinum-selling rock band Foreigner.
Such was the success of If's debut album, that they were rushed into
studios in New York during their American tour to record the follow
up. Tenor sax and flute player Dave Quincy wrote two of the six songs,
including "Your City Is Falling" and "I Couldn't Write and Tell You",
while sax man Dick Morrissey contributed "Sunday Sad". Although If
were strong on instrumental solos, these were worked into melodic
songs, delivered with power and panache by vocalist J.W.Hodkinson.
"If 2" was first released on Island in 1970, and remains a gem of an
album and a worthy tribute to the late Dick Morrissey.
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