Midweek Mixdown: Tobias Kirmayer of Tramp Records

Check out a swingin' set of jazzy jams put together by Tobias Kirmayer for The Jazz Meet podcast right here.

Grab the 14th volume of Tramp's funk singles collection via Bandcamp here.

Tramp Records funks up Christmas right

What? A cool Christmas album, completely free of the corny old standards we all know and loathe? Unlikely as it may seem, someone finally came up with a collection you can spin this holiday season at home or in your local club without embarrassment.
Yep, that's right, club DJ and record hound Jan Kohlmeyer pitched Tramp Records' supremo Tobias Kirmayer on the idea for precisely such a Christmas album last year. After auditioning over 50 rare funk, soul and jazz tracks, they knocked the pile down to the top 13 uncomped Xmas thrillers for the resulting Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party album – were talkin' primo groovers from classy belters such as Count Sidney, Lee Rogers, Rose Graham and Vernon Garrett.
For other labels, that would've been job done but not those Tramp hombres. In keeping with the spirit of the season, they decided to press up a special limited 500 copy vinyl edition and package it in a snazzy gatefold sleeve depicting scans of all the original 45s. Nice. For those without a turntable, there's also  digital download and CD versions available. Here's a sampling...
 
Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party
   Santa's Funk & Soul Christmas Party