If (band)

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
OriginEngland
GenresJazz rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
Years active1969–1975, 2015–2016
LabelsIsland, Capitol, United Artists, Metromedia
Past members

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]

  1. ^ Jim Newsom. "If Biography". allmusic.
  2. ^ Billboard Vol. 83, N.º 17–24 April 1971 ISSN 0006-2510. 24 April 1971. p. 24. Retrieved 21 July 2011.