With the kind of reputation that strikes fear in the heart of anyone entering a “name the rare breaks” battle, Gerald “Jazzman” Short has been running his online store and reissue label, Jazzman Records, for over a decade. Specializing in obscure US music from the ’60s onwards, he has researched and tracked down many slept-on tracks and the musicians that made them.

The crate-digging addict speaks with Benji B at the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy about the process of uncovering forgotten gems.