Jazzman Records
Encyclopedia
Jazzman Records is a record label
founded by London
DJ Gerald Short in 1998
, specialising in re-releasing hard-to-find jazz
, funk
and soul
vinyl records. It also has several sublabels, namely FUNK45, SOUL7, Stark Reality, Soul Spectrum, Fryers and Jukebox Jam.
Jazzman Records is distributed in the UK by PIAS, Boombox, in Germany/Switzerland/Austria by Groove Attack, in Japan by P-Vine and in the US by Groove Distribution.
Jazzman has released over 100 vinyl singles and 29 albums on CD and LP such as:
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded by London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
DJ Gerald Short in 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
, specialising in re-releasing hard-to-find jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
vinyl records. It also has several sublabels, namely FUNK45, SOUL7, Stark Reality, Soul Spectrum, Fryers and Jukebox Jam.
Jazzman Records is distributed in the UK by PIAS, Boombox, in Germany/Switzerland/Austria by Groove Attack, in Japan by P-Vine and in the US by Groove Distribution.
Jazzman has released over 100 vinyl singles and 29 albums on CD and LP such as:
- Texas Funk: Black Gold from the Lone Star State, 1968-1975 (2004)
- Midwest Funk: Funk 45s from Tornado Alley (2005)
- Florida Funk: Funk 45s from the Alligator State, 1968-1975 (2007)
- Carolina Funk: First in Funk (2008)
- Spiritual Jazz (2008)
- The Best of Nathan Davis (2009)
- Lloyd Miller - A Lifetime in Oriental Jazz (2009)