Ponca Jazz Records is a jazz record label founded by Hilde Hefte in Kristiansand, Norway in 2004.
Hefte had an idea of releasing the Rolf Søder recording Jargong VÃÂ¥lereng' with Egil Kapstad as composer, arranger and band leader. This idea evolved and eventually she started the label Ponca Jazz, and Jargong VÃÂ¥lereng was released as an album in 2004. There after many artists showed interest, and a series of albums was released in 2005.
Then Jon Larsen offered Ponca Jazz Records to take over parts of Hot Club Records' catalog. This was interesting, and lead to a faster growth, and allowed Ponca Jazz Records to become one of the major jazz labels in Norway. Several key jazz musicians and singers are now in Ponca Jazz Records catalog.