GA Russell Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 I came across a Jan. 30 BusinessWeek article on Sony's resurrection of the Okeh label, and its signing of Sonny Rollins. Although the jazz market is aging, Sony is going to go after it because jazz fans buy physical CDs. The article said that 14 million jazz albums were sold in 2007, but only 5 million last year. The author did not say whether those numbers are for the US market or worldwide. I suspect that the numbers include the smooth jazz people, but the article didn't say. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-30/sony-targets-jazz-fans-with-okeh-record-label-revival Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Thanks. Nice to see some of what "those folks" are thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) "Müller, a former top jazz division executive at PolyGram and Universal, who is based in Madrid, says he’s targeting listeners who became enamored with the genre in their 20s, lost touch with it in their 30s and 40s, and want to reconnect with it in their 50s. “It probably has something to do with having kids,” he says. “We haven’t really analyzed it.”" In a basement session sometime in the 1990's, Chuck Nessa talked about this life pattern, and linked it to "manufactured nostalgia." Edited July 27, 2014 by Lazaro Vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 [...] The article said that 14 million jazz albums were sold in 2007, but only 5 million last year. The author did not say whether those numbers are for the US market or worldwide. I suspect that the numbers include the smooth jazz people, but the article didn't say. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-30/sony-targets-jazz-fans-with-okeh-record-label-revival The sales numbers are from the US and come from Soundscan, which misses a lot of sales I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 [...] The article said that 14 million jazz albums were sold in 2007, but only 5 million last year. The author did not say whether those numbers are for the US market or worldwide. I suspect that the numbers include the smooth jazz people, but the article didn't say. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-30/sony-targets-jazz-fans-with-okeh-record-label-revival The sales numbers are from the US and come from Soundscan, which misses a lot of sales I believe. Yes, I think Soundscan ignores anything like a specialist shop for anything. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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