''It's About time'' is the sixth album released by British jazz fusion duo

Morrissey–Mullen Morrissey–Mullen were a British jazz-funk/fusion group of the 1970s and 1980s. Considered one of the most popular jazz groups in London, the band was led by Dick Morrissey on tenor and soprano saxes and flute, and Jim Mullen on guitar, who joi ...

. It reached position 95 in the UK album charts in 1983. The album was produced by

Richard Niles Richard Niles is an American composer, arranger, record producer, guitarist, broadcaster, and journalist. Biography Early years Niles was born May 28, 1951, in Hollywood. He is the son of Tony Romano, a composer, singer, and guitarist who writ ...

, who also wrote some of the songs. The title track is in tribute to the US saxophonist

Teddy Edwards Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. He learned to play at a very early age, first on alto saxophone and the ...

who had recently had a "duel" with Dick Morrissey at London's 100 Club.Telegraph.co.uk
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Track listing

#"Stop and Look Around" #"It's About Time" #"Ounce of Bounce" #"So so Fine" #"Ol' Sax and Captain Axe" #"Bladerunner" #"Why Does It Always Happen to Me?" #"I Pull the Strings" #"Do I Do" #"Above the Clouds"

Personnel

Dick Morrissey Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. Biography Background He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey emerg ...

- tenor saxophone *

Jim Mullen Jim Mullen (born 26 November 1945) is a Scottish, Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, like Wes Montgomery before him, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum. Biography Jim Mullen was guitarist with Pete Brown & Piblo ...

- guitar *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961 in Ilford, Essex) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. Early life and ca ...

- vocals *Joe Hubbard - bass *Neil Wilkinson - drums *Chris Fletcher - percussion *Damon Butcher - keyboards

References

1983 albums Beggars Banquet Records albums Morrissey–Mullen albums {{1980s-album-stub