Penguin Cafe is a band originally conceived by

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, son of

Simon Jeffes Simon Harry Piers Jeffes (19 February 1949 – 11 December 1997) was an English classically trained guitarist, composer and arranger. He formed, and was the primary performer of, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He was the composer of the ballet ''Sti ...

and

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, as a continuation of his father's project, the

Penguin Cafe Orchestra The Penguin Cafe Orchestra (PCO) were an avant-pop band led by English guitarist Simon Jeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, it toured extensively during the 1980s and 1990s. The band's sound is not easily categorized, having elemen ...

. The group is distinct from the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra, despite the similarities in genre, name, and even repertoire (Penguin Cafe often plays PCO pieces in concert.) There are no members of the original PCO in Penguin Cafe. Penguin Cafe's current ten-person line-up was originally brought together in 2009, featuring a group of musicians ranging from "luminaries from

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to members of bands such as

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and

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". The group produced their first album, '' A Matter of Life...'' in 2010, which was released on their own Penguin Cafe label.

Discography

* '' A Matter of Life...'' (2011) * ''The Red Book'' (2014) * ''The Imperfect Sea'' (2017) * ''Handfuls of Night'' (2019) * ''A Matter of Life... 2021'' (2021)

Personnel

– piano, ukulele, harmonium * Des Murphy – ukulele * Andy Waterworth – double bass * Rebecca Waterworth – cello * Darren Berry – violin *

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– piano, ukulele, cuatro, guitar * Vincent Greene - viola * Tom Chichester-Clark – harmonium, ukulele *

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– percussion * Pete Radcliffe – percussion * Oli Langford - violin

References

External links

Official Site
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