Sonet Records
Sonet Records is a jazz/pop record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956.
Sonet Records | |
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Parent company | PolyGram |
Founded | 1956 |
Founder | Sven Lindholm Gunnar Bergström |
Defunct | 1991 |
Status | Defunct |
Genre | Jazz, pop |
Country of origin | Sweden |
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. It was distributed by Pickwick Records in North America in the 1960s, where it was involved in releasing some of Bill Haley's latter-day material.
Artists who have released material on Sonet Records
- Army of Lovers (1987-1988)
- Bernard Addison (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Svend Asmussen
- Chet Baker
- Duck Baker
- The Balfa Brothers
- Chris Barber
- Count Basie
- Belfast Gypsies
- Chu Berry (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Rolf Billberg
- Black Lace
- Bobbysocks!
- Mari Boine
- Ruby Braff
- Randy Brecker
- Bob Brookmeyer
- Roy Buchanan
- Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
- Gary Burton
- Benny Carter (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Casiopea
- Al Casey (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Sid Catlett (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Don Cherry
- Richard Clayderman
- Vassar Clements
- Al Cohn
- Albert Collins
- Country Joe McDonald
- Culpeper's Orchard
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
- Wild Bill Davison
- Buddy DeFranco
- Vic Dickenson
- Manu Dibango
- Fats Domino
- Arne Domnerus
- Rockin' Dopsie
- Aynsley Dunbar
- Champion Jack Dupree [2]
- Berndt Egerbladh
- Roy Eldridge (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Dave Ellis
- Buddy Emmons
- Rolf Ericson
- John Fahey
- Maffy Falay
- Maynard Ferguson
- Svein Finnerud
- Curtis Fuller
- Funhouse
- Jan Garbarek
- Don Gardner
- Stan Getz
- Ghost (Swedish band)
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Tiny Grimes
- Dexter Gordon
- Stefan Grossman
- Lars Gullin
- Rune Gustafsson
- Bill Haley & His Comets
- Bengt Hallberg
- Lionel Hampton
- Nancy Harrow
- Clyde Hart (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Coleman Hawkins (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Earl Hines
- Bendik Hofseth
- Billie Holiday
- John Lee Hooker
- Hot Lips Page (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Harry Jaeger (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Jethro Tull
- Jamie Kent
- Barney Kessel
- Earl King
- The Kinsey Report
- John Kirby (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Komeda
- Lee Konitz
- Leo Kottke
- Karin Krog
- Morten Gunnar Larsen
- Björn J:son Lindh
- Lonnie Mack
- Magnetic North Orchestra
- Adam Makowicz
- Jimmy Martin
- Sabu Martinez
- Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
- Midnight Sun
- Al Morgan (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
- Moving Fingers
- Marius Muller
- New York Contemporary Five
- New York Jazz Quartet
- Langsomt Mot Nord
- Fredrik Noren
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
- Pan
- Charlie Parker
- Bent Patey
- Ole Paus
- Freda Payne
- Rudy Pompilli and the Comets
- Bud Powell
- Professor Longhair
- Public Enemies
- John Renbourn
- Mike Richmond
- Mikael Rickfors
- Rockin' Jimmy & the Brothers of the Night
- Alrune Rod
- Red Rodney
- Bernt Rosengren
- Jimmy Rowles
- George Russell
- Sanne Salomonsen
- Joe Sample
- Secret Service
- Archie Shepp
- Nina Simone
- Zoot Sims
- Sivuca
- Helen Sjoholm
- Peter Skellern
- Johnny Smith
- Spellbound
- Slam Stewart
- Sonny Stitt
- Strawbs
- The Stukas
- Bo Sundblad
- Sun Ra
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- Sebastiao Tapajos
- Tasavallan Presidentti
- Buddy Tate
- KoKo Taylor
- Okay Temiz
- Joey Tempest
- Toots Thielemans
- Ed Thigpen
- George Thorogood
- Jukka Tolonen
- Radka Toneff
- Trio Toykeat
- Charles Tyler
- Michal Urbaniak
- Frank Valdor
- Billy Vaughn
- Joe Venuti
- Paolo Vinaccia
- Mads Vinding
- Cornelis Vreeswijk
- Sylvia Vrethammar
- Ulf Wakenius
- Bengt-Arne Wallin
- Jennifer Warnes
- Kazumi Watanabe
- Bugge Wesseltoft
- Putte Wickman
- Big Joe Williams
- Teddy Wilson
- Gustav Winckler
- Kai Winding
- Lars Winnerback
- Johnny Winter
- Monica Zetterlund
References
- Erik Kjellberg, "Sonet". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
- Sforzi, F. 2003. "The Institutions of Local Development" Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., ISBN 0-7546-3247-4 . pg. 22
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sonet-blues-story-mw0000350874