Ryder-Jones' debut solo album If... was written as a musical adaptation of Italo Calvino's 1979 novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, with each composition representing a different chapter in the book.
Ryder-Jones' debut solo album If... was composed as an orchestral adaptation of Italo Calvino's 1979 novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, where each track corresponds to a separate chapter within the literary work.