by Kerbside Collection
Rare groove from the subtropics! Meet Kerbside Collection: a soul jazz quartet from the inner suburbs of Brisbane. Their debut offering ‘Mind the Curb’ is a collection of west coast cool, soul jazz and Hammond funk tracks released on German Indie groove label Legere Recordings. Recorded live to tape in the ‘old fashioned way’ in a home studio in Melbourne (with Cookin’ on 3 Burners producer/organ player Jake Mason), the album has a warm gritty sound to it, making you feel like you have stumbled on to an unreleased Blue Note recording from the late 60s early 70s. I’m loving the understated guitar, jazz flute and the organ wrapping up the spaces in between. Hints of Wes Montgomery, Chico Hamilton and Grant Green.
Album highlights are the B-boy version of Dizzy Gillespie's 'Night in Tunisia and jazz funk sounds of Jelly Belly. Pick up this record, put it on your turntable and let it simmer. Just add a mojito and imagine yourself on the balcony of a beautiful Queenslander on a steamy night having a BBQ with friends.
by Chelsea Wilson - Jazz Got Soul (Thursdays 11am-1pm)
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