Café Jacques are a progressive rock band originally formed in Edinburgh, Scotland and most active in the 1970s.

An early version of Café Jacques numbered seven musicians, but the most successful line-up was a trio, consisting of Chris Thomson, Peter Veitch (later with Penguin Cafe Orchestra), and Mike Ogletree (later with Simple Minds and Fiction Factory).

[2] Café Jacques performed live on The Old Grey Whistle Test on 6 December 1977; hosted by Bob Harris.

"[2] John Swenson in The new Rolling Stone record guide referred to them as an "excellent British studio band whose dense rhythmic mix and melodic keyboard textures recall Traffic's lyricism and Little Feat's syncopation.

[9] He continues to work as a musician and his band Anacoustic Mind has released two albums:The Kilmarnock Edition[10] and New Gold Dream (11,12,13,14).