David Quincy (born 13 September 1939, Battle, Sussex), also billed as Dave Quincey, is an English saxophonist and composer who was a founder-member of British jazz-rock bands If and Zzebra.
Career Quincy's professional career began in the early 1960s, when he backed Jet Harris, who went solo after leaving The Shadows.Live Music History Retrieved 14 July 2013.Chris Welch (1997) Linernotes for "Europe '72". Repertoire REP 4653-WY Retrieved 14 July 2013. His first tour with Harris was in 1962, with Sam Cooke and Little Richard.
He then joined Geraldo's Navy and performed on the MS Queen Elizabeth for a while before he returned to land and toured with Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds from August 1965 to February 1967. Quincy claims that nor he or the other band members ever played on Farlowe's recordings, including his 1966 number one "Out of Time", with session musicians being brought in instead. In the Thunderbirds with Quincy at the time included Dave Greenslade and Albert Lee. Quincy left the Thunderbirds in 1967 when he started focusing more on jazz music.
Quincy then recorded two albums with Manfred Mann Chapter Three before recording for JJ Jackson, where he met up with Dick Morrissey and Terry Smith, with whom he would form If. Retrieved 14 July 2013. Quincy toured with If for four years, when he and Smith left in 1973 to form Zzebra. Zzebra released three albums between 1974 and 1975, with Quincy playing saxophones, clavinet and piano amongst them. In 1974, he produced the music for the comedy film Can You Keep It Up for a Week?.
In 2014 the album Groovicity, a recent recording by a quartet led by Quincy, was released. In 2016, the label released If 5, being a record by a reformed version of If, led by Quincy and Smith.Particulars of If 5; Repertoire Records . Retrieved 2017-08-26.
Personal life Quincy fell ill with cancer in 2014, but soon recovered.
Discography
With Manfred Mann 1969: Chapter Three - Manfred Mann's Chapter Three 1970: Chapter Three Vol. 2 - Manfred Mann's Chapter Three
With If 1970:If 1970:If 2 1971:If 3 1972:If 4 1972:Waterfall 2016:If 5 (Repertoire) 2022* IF live at the BBC
With Zzebra 1974: Zzebra 1975: Panic (Polydor) 1975: Take It Or Leave It 2001: Lost World (recorded live in 1975)
As sideman 1970: J. J. Jackson's Dilemma 1971: Cast of Thousands - Leigh Stephens 1982: In London - Teresa Brewer 1986: Altitude - Jamie Talbot
Solo 1974: Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (film score)
With Groovicity 2014: Groovicity (Dave Quincy/Guy Gardner Quartet) (Repertoire Records)
References 8. Interview with Jazz Journal.