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 Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, of the much-recorded piece Music For A Found Harmonium, and other music recorded by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
He is also known for assisting Sex Pistols producer Bill Price with the string arrangement for the Sid Vicious version of "My Way" which reached #7 on the UK singles charts as part of The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle soundtrack.[1]
A recording of piano works by Jeffes, "Piano Music", was released by Zopf Records in 1998.[2]
^"Obituary: Simon Jeffes". The Independent. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
^"Picadilly Records Remastered Release". Picadilly Records.
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Cafe Orchestra (PCO) were an avant-pop band led by English guitarist SimonJeffes. Co-founded with cellist Helen Liebmann, the band toured extensively...
half of the band Sundog. Jeffes was born in London to the artist Emily Young and musician and composer, SimonJeffes. Jeffes's interest in experimental...
Penguin Cafe is a band originally conceived by Arthur Jeffes, son of SimonJeffes and Emily Young, as a continuation of his father's project, the Penguin...
different issues. Upon original issue, the label credited the artist as SimonJeffes, while the cover gave the artist as "members of the Penguin Café Orchestra"...
elements from "Perpetuum Mobile" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, as written by SimonJeffes. Prior to its commercial release, the song was referred to as "Penguin"...
ballet choreographed by David Bintley and featuring music composed by SimonJeffes, founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. It is also the title of the accompanying...
in 1984 on E.G. Records. The opening song was named after PCO leader SimonJeffes found a discarded harmonium in an alleyway in Japan. The original vinyl...
Stranger Than Mine" Phil Collins – percussion Rupert Hine – backing vocals SimonJeffes – orchestral arrangements on "Who We Are" and "Survival" Plichta, Matthew...
an overdubbed guitar solo from Steve Jones and strings, arranged by SimonJeffes. But on the video version of the song it features Vicious' vocals on...
Helen Liebmann was a founding member (along with SimonJeffes) of the avant garde music group Penguin Cafe Orchestra in 1973. A cellist, she studied at...
(1993) Jon Pertwee – "Who Is the Doctor" (single) (1972) Rupert Hine and SimonJeffes – Score (TV music) (1973) Yvonne Elliman – Food of Love (album) (1973)...
when it was led by SimonJeffes. She met Jeffes while she was in her teens, and he wrote the song "Organum" for her. After Jeffes's death, she played with...
label to commemorate the 20th anniversary since SimonJeffes' passing. All music composed by SimonJeffes except as indicated. "Scherzo And Trio" – 6:55...
the arrangement was sped up. The orchestral backing was arranged by SimonJeffes. Interviewed in 2007, Paul Anka said he had been "somewhat destabilized...
Meredith Monk, Robert Ashley, and Toshi Ichiyanagi. Following Cage's death SimonJeffes, founder of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra, composed a piece entitled "CAGE...
Street's rendition of "Music for a Found Harmonium" (originally composed by SimonJeffes from The Penguin Cafe Orchestra), was used near the end of the movie...
Soldier, to music by Georges Bizet, 1975 Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, SimonJeffes, 1988 The Stone Flower, Alexander Fridlender, 1944 Stravinsky Violin...
attracted controversy after it was claimed to have plagiarised a sample of SimonJeffes' "Perpetuum Mobile", exactly the same sample used to create the melody...
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