If (band)

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If
The band in 1970; from left to right: Dave Quincy, Dick Morrissey, Terry Smith, J.W. Hodkinson, Dennis Elliott, John Mealing, Jim Richardson.
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Jazz rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Years active	1969–1975, 2015–2016
Labels	Island, Capitol, United Artists, Metromedia
Past members	Dick Morrissey J.W. Hodkinson Dave Quincy Terry Smith Lionel Grigson Daryl Runswick Spike Wells John Mealing Jim Richardson Dennis Elliott Cliff Davies Dave Greenslade Dave Wintour Pete Arnesen Kurt Palomacki Steve Rosenthal Fiachra Trench Gabriel Magno Walt Monaghan Mike Tomich Geoff Whitehorn

If was a British progressive rock and jazz rock band formed in 1969.^[1] In the period spanning 1970–75, they released eight studio-recorded albums and undertook 17 tours of Europe, the US and Canada. The band were acclaimed by George Knemeyer in a Billboard concert review as "unquestionably the best of the so-called jazz-rock bands".^[2]