Café Noir

The diversity of the world's musical traditions is celebrated through the music of the Dallas-based sextet Café Noir. With musicians hailing from Latvia, Germany, and the United States, the group offers an internationally flavored mix of classical, jazz, bluegrass, rock, Eastern European, French, and Gypsy influences. Formed in 1985, Café Noir represents the shared vision of multi-instrumentalists Gale Hess and Norbert Gerl. A native of the drug-running border town of Calexico, California, and raised in Dallas, Hess has displayed musical talent since childhood. After winning...