Hep Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Alastair Robertson (born March 3, 1941, in Aberdeen, Scotland) in
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
, Scotland, in 1974.
History
Hep started as a reissue label for material from radio transcription discs, mainly big band music from the 1940s. Other reissue material includes
Fletcher Henderson,
Andy Kirk,
Jimmie Lunceford
James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
Early life
Lunceford was born on a farm in the Evergreen community, west of the Tombigbee River, near Fulton, ...
,
Don Redman and
Sam Donahue. When it began to issue new recordings, it added
Buddy DeFranco
Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and 1970s.
...
,
Don Lanphere, and
Eddie Thompson. Other musicians on the catalogue include
Slim Gaillard,
Boyd Raeburn
Boyd Albert Raeburn (October 27, 1913 – August 2, 1966) was an American jazz bandleader and bass saxophone, bass saxophonist.
Career
He was born in Faith, South Dakota, United States. Raeburn attended the University of Chicago, where he led a ...
,
Spike Robinson,
Slam Stewart,
Joe Temperley, and
Jessica Williams.
References
External links
Official site
Scottish record labels
British jazz record labels
1974 establishments in Europe
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