Hailing from Brisbane, Australia is the jazz, rare grooves and funk collective Kerbside Collection – whose music embodies a 60’s West Coast cool, a Jimmy Smith-esque swing and the vibrations of the rare groove rebirth of the late eighties and early nineties.

In mid-2013 Kerbside Collection released their debut album “Mind The Curb” on Legere Recordings, an eight song body of work that, while steeped heavily in jazz, also veered towards reggae based rhythms (check their song Red Stripe). The band sprinkled the crisp sound of the Hammond Organ over tracks on the earlier half of the record while the guitar played a dominant role of the latter, as if Wes Montgomery was there live in the booth. It could have been easy to simply place the album into the category of another “rare groove” LP, but in actuality, Kerbside Collection managed to effortlessly run through multiple styles of the jazz gamut in quite a condensed amount of time. The execution of versatility was one of the true beauties of “Mind The Curb. Undeniably the album had to be acknowledged as a solid body of work due to its fine craftsmanship.

Kerbside Collection also established “The Good Foot” sessions that has been happening since July 2012 at Brisbane’s The Hideaway. The parties feature the sounds of jazz, funk and soul, designed to make you want to jump up and shake a leg. While the band does jam out live, the sessions also enlists deejays and various guests.

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In this fickle music industry, Kerbside Collection can be looked at as a group of professors educating the masses about the roots of much of the sounds of today. No matter how far we try to stray into the future, at some point everyone has to return home. This is why the legacy of funk, jazz and soul has continued to live on.