Take It Off the Top
Context
Opening track of What If, composed by Steve Morse. It served as the theme of the British radio programme Friday Rock Show for most of its run, from 1978 to 1993.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).