JAHMANI
RECORDS
Independent Reggae label: Formed by Ijahman
Levi. It managed at least one single. It issued singles in an 7
JMI-200 numerical series. Ijahman Levi was born in the cool hills of Christiana,
in Manchester, Jamaica, on June 19th 1946 and named Trevor Sutherland. In 1962
Sutherland's mother and father took up residence in England on the eve of
Jamaica's independence. The entire family followed in 1963. In 1970 Trevor ran
foul of the law and was sent to prison in England for three years and while in
prison he changed his stage name from 'The Youth' to 'Ijahman Levi'. Ijahman
then chose to set up his own recording company 'Tree Roots Record International'
and his own Jahmani label. Distributed By Tree Roots Music.
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JAHMANI
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JMI
266