Penguin Cafe

Penguin Cafe
Penguin Cafe at Womad Charlton Park, 31 July 2011
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Chamber jazz, folk
Years active	2009-present
Labels	Penguin Cafe
Website	www.penguincafe.com

Penguin Cafe are a band originally conceived by Arthur Jeffes, son of Simon Jeffes and Emily Young, as a continuation of his father's project, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Penguin Cafe's current ten-person line-up was originally brought together in 2009, featuring a group of musicians ranging from "luminaries from The Royal College of Music to members of bands such as Suede and Gorillaz". The group produced their first album, A Matter of Life... in 2010, which was released on their own Penguin Cafe label. Despite the similarities in genre and name, the group is distinguished from the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra.