Everyone knows more Penguin Cafe Orchestra than they think they do.

The music of Simon Jeffes can be found on T-Mobile adverts, Film Four trailers, movie soundtracks and countless documentaries.

The five Penguin Cafe Orchestra studio albums are his legacy to the world, having died from a brain tumour in 1997 aged just 49.

But now his music is being performed again by Penguin Cafe, a collective of musicians led by Jeffes’ son Arthur.

“Part of the appeal of my father’s music was its directness and honesty,” says Arthur.

“It’s not jazz, it’s not classical, it’s not taking its form from anywhere. There are tracks like Paul’s Dance, which dad wrote, which seems so simple but once you’ve played it a bunch of times you realise that every time it turns into a different piece depending on how much you notice every little change.”

Arthur was inspired to set up the Penguin Cafe after playing a series of concerts at London’s Union Chapel in 2007 with the band who had played on his father’s final 1995 live album Concert Program.

“It was an amazing experience to hear the music out loud in the air again and not on record,” says Arthur. “It has been such a familiar part of my early years, the music was around since before I could talk.”

With his project Penguin Cafe – which began life as Music From The Penguin Cafe, the name of his father’s 1976 debut – Arthur decided not to carry on with the original band.

“They were my dad’s musicians,” he says. “We all had strong creative views about what could and might happen with the music, but I felt if I was going to do something with this it had to be a benign dictatorship – under me.”

The first line-up of Penguin Cafe played at an Italian music festival, with pianist Arthur joined by multi-instrumentalist Tom Chichester Clarke, bassist Andy Waterworth and violin-player Darren Berry.

Gradually the band grew, to include extra strings, percussionists and ukulele players, peaking in size when they played a show at the 2010 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, accompanied by guest Northumbrian pipes-player Kathryn Tickell.

Now the Penguin Cafe has released an album of new recordings, entitled A Matter Of Life..., with a cover painted by original Penguin Cafe Orchestra artist Emily Young.

“I felt early on that we couldn’t be a museum band or covers band,” says Arthur. “I didn’t think it would do justice to the idea of continuing this creative world which my dad populated in the first place.

“We started imagining a few pieces.

It felt right to play them and be open to moving forward into slightly new territory.”

Some of the inspiration for tracks like Fox And The Leopard, Pale Peach Jukebox and Two Beans Shaker came directly through his father – or rather what he had left behind.

“My dad had an amazing record collection that I hadn’t explored properly,” says Arthur. “I found these fascinating ethnographic explorations of Africa and the Pacific Coast. We were able to get ideas from these various other musical directions.”

Penguin Cafe’s set is still based largely on his father’s music, which has a personal edge for Arthur. “The music he wrote was a good expression of him as a person,” he says. “It’s slightly eccentric, but very jovial and cheerful. I think that’s why I enjoy it so much.

“It doesn’t take very long before I’m completely transported by listening to the music I’m playing – I’m both the performer and the audience when I’m on stage.”

Support from Portico Quartet.

Starts 8pm, tickets from £12.50. Call 01273 709709.