Bonnier Gazell Music

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Bonnier Gazell Music
Parent company The Bonnier Group
Founded 1949
Founder John Engelbrekt
Dag Häggqvist
Distributing label Bonnier Music Publishing
Country of origin Sweden
Official website http://www.bonniermusicpub.com/GazellMusic

Bonnier Gazell Music (BGM) is an international record label located in Sweden.

[edit] History

The lineage of BGM is a bit jumbled. What is known is that in 1949, John Engelbrekt created the label Gazell in Stockholm, Sweden, to distribute various jazz albums. In September of 1950, he founded a jazz club in Stockholm, also called Gazell.[1] In 1957, recordings from the club and by Engelbrekt were sold to the Scandinavian Record Company (Sonet Records), run by Gunnar Bergström and Sven Lindholm, while the rights to the label Gazell was sold to Dag Häggqvist,[1][2] though other sources say Häggqvist started the label himself in 1950.[3] Häggqvist sold Gazell to Sonet in 1960 and was run by Sam Charters until Sonet was acquired by Polygram in 1991.[3] Häggqvist eventually retained the rights to the label again in 1993 when he formed Gazell Music AB.[1]

In 2004, Häggqvist made a deal with Bonnier Music Publishing, a subsidiary of The Bonnier Group, for them to join forces.[4] Since then, the companies have been called Bonnier Gazell Music.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c GAZELL - introduction in English. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  2. ^ Are they only in it for the money? – Subsidiary strategy and impact on local clusters in the recorded music industry: the case of Sweden by Daniel Hallencreutz and Per Lundequist, retrieved here on January 14, 2006.
  3. ^ a b Scott Yanow. Jazz Labels, G. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  4. ^ Bonnier Music Publishing - Frontpage. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.

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