Sonet Records

Sonet Records
Parent company	PolyGram
Founded	1956 (1956)
Founder	Sven Lindholm Gunnar Bergström
Defunct	1991 (1991)
Status	Defunct
Genre	Jazz, pop
Country of origin	Sweden

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 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, among other things.

Sonet Records was acquired by PolyGram in 1991.

Artists who have released material on Sonet Records

• Bernard Addison (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Svend Asmussen
• Belfast Gypsies
• Chu Berry (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Black Lace
• Bobbysocks!
• Ruby Braff
• Bob Brookmeyer
• Roy Buchanan
• Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
• Benny Carter (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Al Casey (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Sid Catlett (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Al Cohn
• Albert Collins
• Culpeper's Orchard
• Fats Domino
• Arne Domnerus
• Rockin' Dopsie
• Champion Jack Dupree
• Roy Eldridge (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Rolf Ericson
• John Fahey
• Funhouse
• Don Gardner
• Ghost (Swedish band)
• Lars Gullin
• Rune Gustafsson
• Bill Haley & His Comets
• Bengt Hallberg
• Clyde Hart (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Coleman Hawkins (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Billie Holiday
• John Lee Hooker
• Harry Jaeger (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Jamie Kent
• Barney Kessel
• Earl King
• John Kirby (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• The Kinsey Report
• Komeda
• Leo Kottke
• Karin Krog
• Professor Longhair
• Langsomt Mot Nord
• Lonnie Mack
• Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
• Midnight Sun
• Al Morgan (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Marius Muller
• New York Contemporary Five
• Hot Lips Page (listed on Sonet SLP 1001 'Immortal Swing Sessions 1938-1943)
• Pan
• Freda Payne
• Rudy Pompilli and the Comets
• Public Enemies
• Mikael Rickfors
• Alrune Rod
• Secret Service
• Archie Shepp
• Zoot Sims
• Spellbound
• Strawbs
• The Stukas
• Bo Sundblad
• KoKo Taylor
• Joey Tempest
• Toots Thielemans
• George Thorogood
• Jukka Tolonen
• Jethro Tull
• Jennifer Warnes
• Johnny Winter

References

• Erik Kjellberg, "Sonet". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.