What is a hepcat? Who is the hoodie? What does it all mean? Hepcat is a throwback term to the great jazz era of the 1930’s to the 1950’s- to a time when music could speak for itself and captivate a crowd. The word conjures up the image of groups of people gathering to listen to great music together, instead of in earbuds in their ears. While the exact origin of the name Hepcat Hoodie is kept tightly under wraps, what we know for sure is that these guys know how to engage a crowd, with their always-growing repertoire of hits from just about every decade since hepcats became a thing!