La memoria limpia de las grandes orquestas.
Edimburgo, Reino Unido · 1974 · Fundado por Alastair Robertson
Alastair Robertson fundó Hep Records en Edimburgo, en 1974, para rescatar el jazz que el tiempo empezaba a arrinconar. El sello se dividió con inteligencia: grabaciones contemporáneas de músicos como Joe Temperley o Spike Robinson por un lado, y por el otro, una curaduría obsesiva de transcripciones de radio y acetatos de big bands de los años 30 y 40. No fue un ejercicio de nostalgia diletante, sino un trabajo de restauración técnica que salvó registros que de otro modo se habrían perdido. El swing, acá, se escucha sin interferencias.
Figuras: Spike Robinson · Joe Temperley · Claude Thornhill · Boyd Raeburn · Teddy Wilson
| Ano | Artista | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Motel Illusion | this desert only knows my name |
| 2026 | Hortaleza | Me quiero curar |
| 2026 | Losguzman | Maldito Testigo |
| 2023 | Separata | Postales a Magnolia |
| 2017 | The New York All-Star Big Band | The Unheard Artie Shaw |
| 2014 | Tina May | My Kinda Love |
| 2013 | David Allyn | Where You at? ~ '41 - '63 |
| 2013 | Bunny Berigan | Swingin' & Jumpin' - Broadcasts 1937-39 |
| 2013 | Bunny Berigan | Swingin' & Jumpin', Broadcasts 1937-39 |
| 2012 | Spike Robinson | Very Live In Boulder, Colorado |
| 2011 | The Frank Griffith Big Band | Holland Park Non-Stop |
| 2011 | Duke Ellington Orchestra | At The Crystal Gardens 1952 |
| 2010 | Nat King Cole Trio | The Forgotten 1949 Carnegie Hall Concert (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1949) |
| 2010 | Artie Shaw | The Complete Thesaurus Transcriptions 1949 |
| 2010 | Sundae Milk | Live To Lie |
| 2009 | Eddie Thompson Trio | The Unforgettable 1982 Concert |
| 2009 | Corky Corcoran | The Lamplighter All Star Broadcasts ~ 1945 |
| 2008 | Joe Temperley | The Sinatra Songbook |
| 2008 | Joe Temperley | The Sinatra Songbook |
| 2008 | Slim Gaillard | Ice Cream On Toast, 1937-1947 |
| 2008 | Artie Shaw | The Complete Spotlight Band 1945 Broadcasts |
| 2008 | Mary Ann McCall | You're Mine, You: 1939-1950 |
| 2007 | Ella Fitzgerald | Live at the Savoy ~ 1939-40 |
| 2007 | Herb Geller | At The Movies |
| 2007 | New Friends Of Rhythm | 1939-1947 Performances |
| 2007 | Stuff Smith | The Complete 1936-1937 Sessions |
| 2007 | Harry James & His Music Makers | Eight Bar Riff '43~'50 |
| 2006 | Joe Temperley | A Portrait |
| 2006 | John Hart Trio | Standards - Green And Blue |
| 2006 | Charlie Barnet | Live At Basin Street East '66 |
| 2006 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | The Return 1935-38 - The Studio Performances |
| 2006 | Charlie Barnet And His Orchestra | Town Hall Concert Featuring Clark Terry |
| 2005 | Joe Temperley | Nightingale |
| 2005 | Spike Robinson | The CTS Sessions |
| 2005 | Spike Robinson | The Cts Session |
| 2005 | Buddy De Franco And His Orchestra | 1949~'52 Studio Performances |
| 2005 | Herb Geller | Plays The Arthur Schwartz Songbook |
| 2005 | Cleo Brown | Here Comes Cleo |
| 2005 | Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra | 1946~'47 Performances Vol.2 |
| 2005 | Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra | What's Cookin' Charlie '41 - '47 |
| 2005 | Red Norvo | Dance Of The Octopus |
| 2005 | Paul Whiteman's Swing Wing | Hooray For Spinach |
| 2005 | Isham Jones | Blue Room |
| 2005 | Various Artists | New York Jazz Combos 1935-37 |
| 2004 | Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra | 1949 ~ '53 Performances |
| 2004 | John Hart Trio | Indivisible |
| 2004 | Jessica Williams | The Real Deal |
| 2003 | Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra | The 1946~47 Performances Vol. 1 |
| 2003 | Earl Hines | Swingin' Down |
| 2003 | Cab Calloway | The Chu & Dizzy Years |
| 2003 | Woody Herman & The Second Herd | The Road Band 1948, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| 2002 | Jim Mullen | Somewhere In The Hills |
| 2002 | Herb Geller | To Benny & Johnny With Love From Herb Geller |
| 2002 | Don Redman | Doin' the New Low Down |
| 2002 | Will Bradley | It's Square, But It Rocks |
| 2002 | Sam Donahue And His Orchestra | Take Five 1945 - 1947 |
| 2001 | Jessica Williams | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (The Music Of Duke Ellington) |
| 2001 | John Hart Trio | Scenes From A Song |
| 2001 | Cleo Brown | Here Comes Cleo |
| 2001 | Various Artists | Green Up Time |
| 2001 | Teddy Powell | Ridin' The Subways |
| 2001 | Teddy Powell | Ridin' the Subways |
| 2001 | Joe Temperley | Easy To Remember |
| 2001 | Fletcher Henderson | Yeah Man! |
| 2001 | The George Shearing Quintet | The Shearing Sound ~ 1949 |
| 2001 | Bob Zurke | Honky Tonk Train Blues |
| 2001 | Claude Thornhill And His Orchestra | Buster's Last Stand |
| 2001 | Frank Griffith Nonet | Live: Ealing Jazz Festival 2000 |
| 2001 | Will Bradley & His Orchestra | Swingin' Down The Lane |
| 2000 | Stan Kenton | Carnegie Hall ~ Oct. '51 (Live) |
| 2000 | Herb Geller | Hollywood Portraits |
| 2000 | Bennie Moten | 1929-1932 · Band Box Shuffle |
| 2000 | Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra | Pandora's Box 1946 ~ '47 |
| 2000 | Claude Thornhill | Autumn Nocturne, Vol. 2 |
| 2000 | Artie Shaw | Evensong |
| 2000 | Billy Butterfield And His Orchestra | Pandora's Box 1946 - '47 |
| 2000 | Ivie Anderson | Ivie And Duke Vol 2 |
| 2000 | Ted Heath And His Music | Listen To My Music Vol. 4 '48 ~ '50 |
| 2000 | Sam Donahue And His Orchestra | Hollywood Hop |
| 2000 | Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra | March of the Boyds - '45-'48 |