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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.

Simon Jeffes
Born	Simon Harry Piers Jeffes 19 February 1949 Crawley, Sussex, England
Died	11 December 1997 (aged 48) Taunton, Somerset, England
Occupation	Musician
Known for	Founder of 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]

Life and death

Jeffes was born at the Montalan Nursing Home, Crawley, Sussex, on 19 February 1949, the son of James Henry Elliston Jeffes, a research chemist, and his wife, Anne Hope Madeline Jeffes (née Clutterbuck).[2]

Jeffes died of an inoperable brain tumor on 11 December 1997 in Taunton, leading to the dissolution of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.[3]

See also

• Still Life at the Penguin Cafe
• Penguin Cafe Orchestra

References

External links

• Simon Jeffes at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Profile at Penguin Cafe Orchestra website
• Obituary at The Independent

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Simon Jeffes (* 19. Februar 1949 in Crawley, West Sussex; † 10. Dezember 1997 in Taunton, Somerset) war ein britischer Komponist und klassischer Gitarrist. Er ist insbesondere für das von ihm gegründete Penguin Cafe Orchestra bekannt.

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