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Romane (actually Patrick Leguidecoq ; * 1959 in Paris ) is a French jazz guitarist in the tradition of Django Reinhardt . He is one of the contemporary guitarists who made gypsy jazz famous in Great Britain and North America. In his solos he plays slower and less than most of the others, but has developed his own style after Michael Dregni and has also emerged as a composer.

Live and act

Romane , whose father and grandfather played the guitar and introduced him to Django Reinhardt's music on walks along the Porte de Clignancourt , began playing the guitar himself when he was twelve. As a youth he could play with Roma guitarists like Mondine Garcia and his son Ninine Garcia , with whom he became friends. He later performed with Babik Reinhardt , Chet Atkins and James Carter . In 1995 he founded the ATLA music school in Paris, where guitar is taught in the Reinhardt tradition. He is also known in France as a textbook author ( L´Esprit manouche , 2001 with Derek Sebastian). Since 2000 he has also been the producer of Stochelo Rosenberg , with whom he also appears internationally as a duo as Gypsy Guitar Masters . He also played with Angelo Debarre and formed the Django 100 quartet with him, Boulou and Elios Ferré . With his sons, the guitarists Pierre and Richard Manetti , he has presented two albums.

Prizes and awards

Romane was awarded the Prix ​​Sidney Bechet in 1997 . In 2013 he received the Grand Prix jazz de la SACEM .

Discographic notes

  • Swing for Ninine (Kardum, 1992)
  • Ombre (1996)
  • Elegance (with Stochelo Rosenberg, 2000)
  • Swing in Nashville (2003)
  • Acoustic Spirit (2005)
  • Double Jeu (Novels & Stochelo Rosenberg)
  • Gypsy Guitar Masters (Novels & Stochelo Rosenberg, 2006)
  • Pere et fils (Novels & Richard Manetti, 2007)
  • Tribulations (Romane & Stochelo Rosenberg, 2010)
  • Roots & Groove (2011)
  • Novels, Pierre & Richard Manetti Guitar Family Connection (2013)

literature

  • Michael Dregni Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing Oxford: Oxford University Press 2008; ISBN 978-0-19-531192-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Gypsy Jazz Guitarist Novels: Django Reinhardt "Clouds" ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ARTE @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  2. ^ Grand Prix jazz de la SACEM
  3. ↑ Republished with Quintet (1994) as Swing Guitar
personal data
SURNAME Novels
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leguidecoq, Patrick (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris