It would have been all too easy for Arthur Jeffes to tour the world in a tribute act to the music his father Simon created over 25 years with the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

But Penguin Cafe’s 2011 album A Matter Of Life... showed the creative energies still flow in Jeffes Jr.

And the selections from the 11-piece’s soon-to-be released second album The Red Book suggest that it won’t be long before the Orchestra classics become simply encores to an extremely strong set.

Arthur has that same mix of accessible simplicity and upbeat melody found within his father’s music, weaving together elements of classical, jazz, Celtic, Mexican and even dub reggae in new works Catania, Odeon and Black Hibiscus.

All Saints Church’s warm acoustics provided a perfect backdrop – and an organ for Jeffes to play the repeated motif of 1420, currently being beamed into space by NASA.

Jeffes’ first encore – the piano solo Harry Piers, which he played at his father’s memorial service – encapsulated what is so great about Penguin Cafe’s music: it is both haunting and uplifting at the same time.

While the cheers were biggest for the Orchestra classics Air A Danser and Beanfields, and lesser-known tunes Nothing Really Blue and Swing The Cat, the new generation of Penguin Cafe’s music happily stands shoulder to shoulder as seen by the number of pre-release albums flying out of the door.