Swedish
Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström,
who managed the label into the 1980s. Dag Haeggqvist, the owner of Gazell
Records, became an executive of the label in 1960, and Sonet eventually
acquired Gazell's catalogue. The label set up offices throughout Europe
and expanded into film, video, and other visual arts in addition to music.
It acquired the Danish label Storyville Records at some point. The label
released both new material and reissues, many by Scandinavian artists in
addition to albums by American jazz musicians and some non-jazz material
such as pop and rock music.
Sonet
Records was acquired by PolyGram in 1991. |