Bonnier Gazell Music

Infobox record label
name = Bonnier Gazell Music


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parent = The Bonnier Group
founded = 1949
founder = John Engelbrekt
Dag Häggqvist
defunct = Gazell
Sonet
Gazell Music AB
distributor = Bonnier Music Publishing
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country = Sweden
location =
url = http://www.bonniermusicpub.com/GazellMusic

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

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.cite web|url=http://www.ljudochbildarkivet.se/SLBA/JAZZ/gazeng.htm|title=GAZELL - introduction in English|accessdate=2007-01-14] 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, ["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 [http://www.step.no/music/Sverige%20downloadable/Aretheyonly%20initforthemoney030226.doc here] on January 14, 2006.] though other sources say Häggqvist started the label himself in 1950.cite web|url=http://www.trombonesonline-usa.com/jazz-labels_g.htm|title=Jazz Labels, G|author=Scott Yanow|accessdate=2007-01-14] Häggqvist sold Gazell to Sonet in 1960 and was run by Sam Charters until Sonet was acquired by Polygram in 1991. Häggqvist eventually retained the rights to the label again in 1993 when he formed Gazell Music AB.

In 2004, Häggqvist made a deal with Bonnier Music Publishing, a subsidiary of The Bonnier Group, for them to join forces. [cite web|url=http://www.bonniermusicpub.com/GazellMusic/400.htm|title=Bonnier Music Publishing - Frontpage|accessdate=2007-01-14] Since then, the companies have been called Bonnier Gazell Music.

References

ee also

* List of record labels