Gazell Explained

Bonnier Gazell Music
Parent:	The Bonnier Group
Founder:	John Engelbrekt Dag Häggqvist
Distributor:	Bonnier Music Publishing
Genre:	Jazz
Country:	Sweden
Location:	Stockholm

Gazell is a jazz record label founded by John Engelbrekt in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1949.

History

In 1949, John Engelbrekt created the label Gazell in Stockholm, Sweden,^[1] to distribute jazz albums. In September 1950, he founded a jazz club in Stockholm called Gazell.^[2] 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 were sold to Dag Häggqvist,^{[2] [3]} though other sources say Häggqvist started the label himself in 1950.

Häggqvist sold Gazell to Sonet in 1960 and was run by Sam Charters until Sonet was acquired by PolyGram in 1991. Häggqvist retained the rights to the label again in 1993 when he formed Gazell Music AB.^[2]

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

See also

• List of record labels

Notes and References

1. Book: The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 2. 2002. Grove's Dictionaries Inc.. New York. 1561592846. 2. Barry Kernfeld. 23. Gazell (i).
2. Web site: GAZELL - introduction in English . 2007-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070305230550/http://www.ljudochbildarkivet.se/SLBA/JAZZ/gazeng.htm . 2007-03-05 .
3. "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 http://www.step.no/music/Sverige%20downloadable/Aretheyonly%20initforthemoney030226.doc on January 14, 2006.
4. Web site: Bonnier Music Publishing - Frontpage . 2007-01-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081006104344/http://www.bonniermusicpub.com/GazellMusic/400.htm . October 6, 2008 .