Gale Hess

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Gale Hess (born February 22, 1955 in Calexico , California , † January 2, 2012 ) was an American jazz violinist and composer .

Live and act

Gale Hess grew up in Dallas and studied at the Royal College of Music in London . Then she worked a. a. with various ensembles and orchestras such as the Vivaldi Concertante in London, Teatro dell Opera in Rome and the Filarmonica da las Americas in Mexico City . In 1973 she played first violin in the WT White Orchestra .

She became known in the Dallas area above all with the band Cafe Noir , which she co-founded in 1985 , to which Lyles West, Randy Erwin, Jason Bucklin and Norbert Gerl belonged. Stylistically, the band played in the range of ethnic jazz and gypsy jazz . She recorded a few albums with Cafe Noir , including the debut album of the same name (1988), Window to the Sea (1993) and The Waltz King (1994). In Dallas she performed a. a. also in 1995 with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant ; after leaving Cafe Noir , she worked with Cirque du Soleil .

She died of cancer on January 2, 2012 at the age of 56.

Awards

  • 1991: Best Miscellaneous Instrumentalist according to a reader survey by the Dallas Observer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in the Dallas Observer
  2. ↑ Obituary at Art seek
  3. ↑ Cirque du Soleil displays gentler side in "Corteo" , Reuters August 26, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Hess, Gale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Calexico , California
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 2012