IF

'IF 1' started short but sparkling story of this british jazz/rock band formed by Dick Morrissey and Terry Smith. It offered kind of music I liked from the very first beats. It's jazzy oriented, but whenever you might feel that they'll go to the pure jazz flow, they'd turn back to more firm rock structure. On this entry album, that's more than obvious on its B side which is I'd say more rockier, while the A one sounds jazzier and contains my personal favourite Morrissey's instrumental ''What Did I Say About The Box, Jack'' . Musicianship is of the highest quality and although of seven members two (Morrissey and Quincy) are brass players, you'll never be able to hear those instruments dominating in sense of leading instruments; arrangements were carefully made to allow musicians to express themselves but only to the extent which will not disturb or disorganize structure of material written. With this album IF received critic acclaim, gained some faithful following , but they have never notched measured in terms of commercial success. So, till nowadays they're less known to broader audience, but their well deserved inclusion in PA will hopefully give rise to this band and its releases.