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Simon Jeffes (19 Feb 1949 - 11 Dec 1997)

Male Person - United Kingdom

 Also known as (1)

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Piano Music 2000

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Children

  1. Arthur Jeffes

Romantically Involved With

  1. Emily Young

Recordings by (44)

  1. Arthur’s Treat 0:45 (1980)
  2. Air à Danser 4:35 (1990)
  3. Prelude and Yodel 4:00 (1990)
  4. Horns of the Bull 5:06 (1990)
  5. Pythagoras' Trousers 3:23 (1990)
  6. White Mischief 5:14 (1990)
  7. Now Nothing 4:24 (1990)
  8. Music by Numbers 3:48 (1990)
  9. Numbers 1 to 4 6:27 (1990)
  10. Perpetuum Mobile 4:31 (1990)
  11. Southern Jukebox Music 5:50 (1990)
  12. Oscar Tango 3:17 (1990)
  13. Music for a Found Harmonium 4:00 (1990)
  14. Chinese Canon (feat. Cheng Yu & Zhou Yu) 4:52 (1994)
  15. Chinese Canon 4:30 (08 Jun 1998)
  16. Lullaby 4:00 (2000)
  17. Untitled 3:00 (2000)
  18. Mirror 3:53 (2000)
  19. Piano Piece #2 2:19 (2000)
  20. Piano Piece #3 1:30 (2000)
  21. Piano Piece #4 2:22 (2000)
  22. Piano Piece #5 1:48 (2000)
  23. Shelter 4:25 (2000)
  24. Hallfield Piano Idea 2 1:04 (2000)
  25. Silver Star of Bologna 4:06 (2000)
  26. Hallfield Piano Idea 1 1:55 (2000)
  27. Japanese Piano Piece 6:30 (2000)
  28. Kora Kora 3:07 (2000)
  29. Technics Op. 1.2 3:17 (2000)
  30. Piano Sketch 1:05 (2000)
  31. Meditation Rag 2:23 (2000)
  32. Piano Music 1:58 (2000)
  33. Cajun Piano 1:51 (2000)
  34. Penguin Café Single 6:20 (24 Nov 2023)
  35. Zopf: From the Colonies 1:39 (24 Nov 2023)
  36. The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter 11:46 (24 Nov 2023)
  37. Hugebaby 4:48 (24 Nov 2023)
  38. Chartered Flight 6:44 (24 Nov 2023)
  39. Zopf: In a Sydney Motel 2:28 (24 Nov 2023)
  40. Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) 2:22 (24 Nov 2023)
  41. Zopf: Milk 2:22 (24 Nov 2023)
  42. Zopf: Coronation 1:33 (24 Nov 2023)
  43. Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream 2:17 (24 Nov 2023)
  44. Zopf: Pigtail 2:44 (24 Nov 2023)

On Recordings (50)

Conducted

  1. Survival 1:12 Camel (Oct 1979)

Instruments

  1. Zopf: In a Sydney Motel 2:28 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cello, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  2. The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter 11:46 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) electric guitar
  3. Zopf: Milk 2:22 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  4. Zopf: Coronation 1:33 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  5. Penguin Café Single 6:20 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) electric guitar
  6. Hugebaby 4:48 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) electric guitar
  7. Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) 2:23 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  8. Chartered Flight 6:41 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) electric guitar
  9. Zopf: From the Colonies 1:38 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  10. Zopf: Pigtail 2:44 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  11. Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream 2:19 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other instruments, cuatro, electric piano, bass, effects, guitar, ukulele, spinet
  12. Zopf: From the Colonies (For N.R.) / In a Sydney Motel / Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) / Milk / Coronation / Giles Farnaby’s Dream / Pigtail 15:25 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1982) cello, bass guitar, cuatro, electric piano, sheng, guitar, body percussion, ukulele, spinet
  13. Penguin Cafe Single 6:15 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1982) electric guitar
  14. Now Nothing 2:58 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1984) piano

Vocals

  1. Zopf: Pigtail 2:44 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  2. Zopf: Milk 2:22 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  3. Zopf: Coronation 1:33 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  4. Zopf: From the Colonies 1:38 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  5. Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream 2:19 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  6. Zopf: In a Sydney Motel 2:28 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  7. Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) 2:23 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976) other vocals
  8. Zopf: From the Colonies (For N.R.) / In a Sydney Motel / Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) / Milk / Coronation / Giles Farnaby’s Dream / Pigtail 15:25 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1982)

Produced

  1. Zopf: Surface Tension (Where the Trees Meet the Sky) 2:23 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  2. Zopf: In a Sydney Motel 2:28 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  3. Zopf: From the Colonies 1:38 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  4. Hugebaby 4:48 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  5. Zopf: Pigtail 2:44 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  6. Zopf: Milk 2:22 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  7. Chartered Flight 6:41 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  8. The Sound of Someone You Love Who’s Going Away and It Doesn’t Matter 11:46 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  9. Penguin Café Single 6:20 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  10. Zopf: Coronation 1:33 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  11. Zopf: Giles Farnaby’s Dream 2:19 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1976)
  12. Steady State 3:36 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  13. Simon’s Dream 1:49 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  14. The Ecstasy of Dancing Fleas 4:01 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  15. Telephone and Rubber Band 2:29 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  16. Air à Danser 4:31 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  17. Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter 3:09 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  18. Pythagoras’s Trousers 3:21 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  19. Yodel 2 4:37 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  20. Salty Bean Fumble 2:14 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  21. Paul’s Dance 1:46 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  22. Yodel 1 4:10 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  23. Numbers 1-4 6:58 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  24. Harmonic Necklace 1:12 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  25. Walk Don’t Run 3:02 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  26. Flux 1:48 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)
  27. White Mischief 5:49 Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1984)

Credited as (8)

  1. Simon Jeffes
  2. Simon Jeffes, Cheng Yu & Zhou Yu
  3. Alex Gifford & Simon Jeffes
  4. Simon Jeffes feat. Cheng Yu & Zhou Yu
  5. Simon Jeffes; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  6. Penguin Café Orchestra, Simon Jeffes
  7. Gavin Bryars / ½ Japanese / Simon Jeffes / Mark Perry / Michael Nyman
  8. Simon Jeffes arr. Anthony Romaniuk

Works (73)

Arranged

  1. Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter
  2. Giles Farnaby's Dream
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Wrote

  1. Fade Into Darkness
  2. Collide
  3. Paddy's Revenge
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Composed

  1. Steady State
  2. Salty Bean Fumble
  3. Organum
  4. Swing the Cat
  5. In the Back of a Taxi
  6. Scherzo and Trio
  7. The Ecstacy of Dancing Fleas
  8. Hugebaby
  9. Surface Tension
  10. Chartered Flight
  11. Penguin Café Single
  12. Pigtail
  13. Pythagoras' Trousers
  14. Heartwind
  15. Yodel 2
  16. The Toy
  17. More Milk
  18. Sheep Dip
  19. In a Sydney Hotel
  20. Milk
  21. Coronation
  22. The sound of someone you love who's going away and it doesn't matter
  23. Flux
  24. Simon's Dream
  25. Harmonic Necklace
  26. White Mischief
  27. Music by Numbers
  28. Another One From the Colonies
  29. Now Nothing
  30. Horns of the Bull
  31. The Snake and the Lotus (The Pond)
  32. Rosasolis
  33. Sketch
  34. Wildlife
  35. Lifeboat (Lovers Rock)
  36. Nothing Really Blue
  37. Cage Dead
  38. Vega
  39. Yodel 3
  40. Another One from Porlock
  41. Thorn Tree Wind
  42. Silver Star of Bologna
  43. Discover America
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Orchestrated

  1. Who We Are
  2. Survival
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Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13934645b
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134417267

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Jeffes

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/143948

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420265/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/2660100

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7519063