Jazzman Records was established by Gerald Short in the '90s as a music dealer. Later he went on a mission to re-release the best and most obscure and rare tracks from the late '60s and early '70s. The aim was to bring the long forgotten sound that didn't get any recognition in that time period. As well as running the Jazzman label he went on to set up two more labels, 'Stark Reality' releasing even more obscure but modern produced music, and 'Funk45' to reissue Deep Funk rarities. He later set up 'Soul Spectrum' and 'Soul7' to reissue Northern & Modern Soul rarities, and the 'Jukebox Jam' series reissuing '50s RnB, jive & blues rockers.
Discography:
1998-VA- The Best Of Frank Motley & King Herbert - Canada's Message To The Meters
1999-Frank Motley & The Bridge Crossings Ya Ya / Ooga Boogaloo (7")
1999-Bruno Spoerri / Howard Wales Les Electroniciens / Rendezvous With The Sun Pt. 2 (7")
1999-Dee Felice Trio / Los Brasilios Nightingale / Brasilian Beat (7")
1999-VA- Le Jazzbeat! Jerk, Jazz & Psychobeat De France (CD\LP)
2000-VA- Le Jazzbeat! Jerk, Jazz & Psychobeat De France 2 (CD\LP)
2000-Letta Mbulu / Lorez Alexandria What's Wrong With Groovin' / Send In The Clowns (7")
2000-Fred Johnson / Freddy Cole A Child Runs Free / Brother Where Are You (7")
2000-Carleen & The Groovers Can We Rap / Right On (7", Single)
2000-Sandi & Matues* / Trinikas, The The World Pt. 1 / Remember Me (7")
2000-Eddie Warner Devil's Anvil / Poppy Fiddles (7")
2000-Ray & His Court Soul Freedom / Cookie Crumbs (7")
2000-Highlighters Band, The The Funky 16 Corners (7")
2001-Esther Williams / Tommie Young Last Night Changed It All / Hit And Run Lover (7")
2001-PI-R-Square Fantasy (7")
2001-Barbara Moore Sound, The / Roger Webb Sound, The Hot Heels / Grey Sigh (7")
2001-VA- What Is Wrong With Groovin' (CD)
2002-Nino Nardini / Anthony King Tropicola / Filigree Funk (7")
2002-The Basic / The Poets - Milk / Fun Buggy (7", Single)
2002-Madeline Bell / Alan Parker -That's What Friends Are For (7", Single)
2002-Lee Mason & His Orchestra / Jack Arel & Jean-Claude Petit Shady Blues / Psychedelic Portrait (7")
2002-Nina Simone Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter / Save Me (7")
2002-Nino Nardini Afro-Beat / Poltergeist (7")
2002-VA- Soul Freedom (CD, Comp)
2002-VA- Texas Funk: Hard Texas Funk 1968-1975 (CD)
2003-Deidre Wilson Tabac- I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes / Get Back (7")
2002-Mickey & the Soul Generation-We Got To Make A Change _ Give Everybody Some (7")
2002-The Chefs-Mr. Machine(7")
2002-The Great Deltas-Tra La La _ Stand Up And Be A Man(7")
2002-Latin Breed-I Turn You On _ Hard To Handle(7")
2003-The Soul Lifters-Hot, Funky And Sweaty _Brothers And Sisters(7")
2003-The Majestics-Funky Chick_ Coming On(7")
2003-Gordon Beck The Hustler (7")
2003-Byrdie Green / Kent Schneider Return Of The Prodigal Son / The Church Is Within Us, O Lord (7", Single
2004-VA- Midwest Funk- Funk 45's
2004-Mark Murphy / Eddie Jefferson Why Don't You Do Right / Psychedelic Sally (7")
2004-Wess & The Airedales Black Out (7", Single)
2004-France Gall / IRP-3 -Zozoi / Tema De Soninha (7")
2004-James Reese & The Progressions -Jody's Freeze / Let's Go (It's Summertime) (7", Single)
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Lorez Alexandria -Baltimore Oriole (7")
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2004-Lemuria / Terea- Hunk Of Heaven / Pretty Bird (7")
2004-Heem The Music Monsters -Wake Up People / Piece Of The Rock (12")
2005-Soul Toronados The Complete Recordings (CD)
2005-
Sam Most Plop-Plop Boom / Jungle Fantasy (7")
2005-
Elsie Mae Do You Really Want To Rescue Me (7")
2005-
Aaron Neville / Cyril Neville Hercules / Gossip (7")
2005-
Bajka The Only Religion That I Believe / A Vision (Part 1/3) (7")
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Soul-Saints Orchestra Santa's Got A Bag Of Soul / Bag Of Soul (7")
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Heliocentrics, The Winter Song / Dance Of The Dogon (7")
2005-Zebra Simple Song (12")
2005-VA- Hunk Of Heaven (CD, Comp)
2005-Soul Expedition Band, The Soul Expedition (CD)
2006-Carla Whitney War / It's You For Me (7", Single)
2006-Manny Corchado Pow Wow / Chicken And Booze (7")
2006-Kathleen Emery -Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
2006-Eddy Jacobs Exchange-Pull My Coat / Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) (7", Single)
2006-John Cameron Quartet / Mike Westbrook Concert Band, The Troublemaker / Original Peter (7")
2006-Jonathan Richman And The Egyptian Lovers* / Modern Egyptian Dance Band Egyptian Reggae / Our Wedding Night (7")
2006-Salah Rageb* Egypt Strut / Neveen (7")
2006-Ricardo Marrero And The Group* Babalonia (7")
2006-VA -Good Things - The Story Of Saadia Records
2006-Jayram Acharya* Santa Claus Is Coming To Town / White Christmas (7")
2006-Das Goldenes Zeitalter A Vision / Breakin' Through / Im Würgegriff Der Schönen Künste(12")
2006-BajkaI Can No Poet Be / Love's Serenity (12")
2006-Phillip Wright / Leno Phillips Keep Her Happy / I Like My Birdie (12")
2006-Raw Soul Express / Gwen McCrae The Way We Live / All This Love That I'm Giving
2006-Stony Island Band, The / Jerry Washington Stony Island Band / Don't Waste My Time
2006-Joe Coleman Get It Off The Ground (12")
2006-Lou Pride The Suemi Sessions (3x7")
2006-Quantic The World's Rarest Funk 45s (CD, Comp)
2006-VA- Pow Wow (CD, Comp)
2006-VA- Florida Funk (CD, Comp
2007-Asha Puthli Right Down Here / Space Talk (7")
2007-Sheila Wilkerson Baby You're A Jive Cat / Can You Do It (7")
2007-Sohail Rana / Punjabs, The Soul Sitar / Sitar Blues (7")
2007-Har-You Percussion Group* Welcome To The Party / Feed Me Good (7")
2007-VA- Dance The Latin Jazz (3x7") see 2008-Various Dance The Latin... (CD, Comp)
2007-VA- Dance The Latin Soul (3x7")see 2008-Various Dance The Latin... (CD, Comp)
2007-Natural Yogurt Band, The Voodoo (7", Single)
2007-Beloyd* Today All Day / Get Into To Your Life (12")
2007-Vanessa Kendrick 90% Of Me Is You / How Can I Do What's Right (12")
2007-Milton Wright Keep It Up (12")
2007-Willie Wright / DJ. Tibb feat Brothermartin & Willie Wright Right On For Darkness / Right On! (12")
2007-Paul Burton So Very Hard To Make It (Without You) (12", RE)
2007-Quantic The World's Rarest Funk 45s Volume Two (CD, Comp)
2007-VA- Carolina Funk (CD)
2008- VA- Dance The Latin Funk (3x7") see 2008-Various Dance The Latin... (CD, Comp)
2008-Della Reese with Bobby Bryant Quintet, The It Was A Very Good Year (7", Mono)
2008-Mary Lou Williams Credo / It Ain't Necessarily So (7")
2008-The Invaders Spacing Out / Latin Lips (7")
2008-Ada Moore The Devil Is A Woman (7")
2008-Bill Swift Trio Featuring Drenda Barnett Chain Of Fools (12")
2008-Tolbert- I've Got It (12")
2008-Tommy Stewart* Bump And Hustle Music / Fulton Country Line (12")
2008-VA- Dance The Latin... (CD, Comp)
2008-VA- -Spiritual Jazz 1968-77
2008-Natural Yogurt Band, The Away With Meloncholy (LP)
2008-Bobby Williams Funky Superfly (CD)
2008-Uncle Funkenstein Together Again (CD, Album, RE)
2008-VA-Welcome To The Party (CD, Comp)
2008-Milton Wright Spaced (LP, Album, Ltd, RE)
2009-Keisa Brown And Liz Spraggins Dance Man (7")
2009-Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro Yellow Soul Force / Don’t Touch, Just Watch Me! (10")
2009-Tommy Stewart* Unreleased EP (12", EP)
2009-Païkan And Sadhus, The Dance Floor Flight (12")
2009-Orquesta Esencia* Carnaval (12")
2009-Nathan Davis The Best Of Nathan Davis '65-76 (CD, Album, Comp)
2009-Ricardo Marrero & The Group A Taste (CD, Album, RE) altrn
2009-John Heartsman & Circles Music Of My Heart (CD, Album, RE)
2009-Mr. Clean & The Soul Inc What's Going On? (7", Ltd)
2010-Sun Ra- The Shadows Cast By Tomorrow (3x7", Ltd, Lum)
2010-Mark Capanni -I Believe In Miracles (7", Mono)
2010-Natural Yogurt Band, The Eastern Promise / Psalm (7")
2010-Sun Ra -The World Is Not My Home (3x7", Ltd, Cle
2010-Natural Yogurt Band, The Tuck In With... (Album)
2010-Lloyd Miller Trio, The The Lloyd Miller Trio (12", EP)
2010-Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble* The Zulu 45s Collection (3x7")
2010-VA- The Jazz Box (3x7", Comp)
2010-George Smallwood* & Marshmellow Band Just 4 You (CD, Album, RE)
2010-VA- California Funk (CD, Comp)
2010-Roy Brooks And The Artistic Truth Ethnic Expressions (CD, Album, RE, RM)
2010-Boris Gardiner Every Nigger Is A Star OST (CD, Album, RE)
2010-Marvin Peterson & Soulmasters,TheMarvin Peterson And The Soulmasters In Concert
2010-Brief Encounter, The* The Brief Encounter (CD, Album, RM)
2011-Lee Moses Reach Out I'll Be There / Day Tripper (7")
2011-Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar* The Spook / Oriental Twist (7")
2011-Sidewinders, The (2) Flatfoot Hustlin' (CD, Album, RE, RM)
2011-Terea- Terea (CD, Album)
2011-Rose Mitchell / Jo Ann Henderson / Big Maybelle-Baby Please Don't Go
2011-Jef Gilson - The Best Of Jef Gilson
2011-Jef Gilson - The Best Of Jef Gilson
