Romane
Patrick Leguidecoq – born in Paris, France in 1959 – is a gypsy jazz guitarist better known as Romane. Inspired at a young age by gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, he began to play the guitar when he was 12 years old. Although influenced by Reinhardt and his gypsy jazz contemporaries, Romane created his own unique style that incorporated elements of many other genres. He experimented with different group formations including duos, quintets, and more. Romane released his debut album, Swing for Ninine, in 1992, and followed it up with Romane Quintet (1994), Ombre (1995), Gypsy Swing ( 1996), Swing in Nashville (1997) and Samois-sur-Seine (1998). In 1997, Romane was honored with the Sidney Bechet Prize from the Academy of Jazz. The following year, he formed the New Quintet of the Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt’s son Babik and released their self-titled album. The following year, the guitarist returned to his solo career and released the album Impair & Valse (1999). Romane then collaborated with Dutch gypsy jazz guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg and released several albums together including Élégance (2000), Double Jeu (2004), Gypsy Guitar Masters (2006) and Tribulations (2010). He then focused his skills as a teacher and opened the Swing Romane Académie, which taught gypsy jazz to a new generation of musicians. He continued to record including a 2001 album with pianist Fredéric Manoukian as well as Romane Acoustic Quartet (2002), Djangovision (2003), Acoustic Spirit (2004) and French Guitar (2005). Romane collaborated with his son, guitarist Richard Manetti, on the 2007 album Père & Fils, as well as Guitar Family Connection (2013). Romane participated in the 2009 project Django Reinhardt, Django 100 alongside other guitarists including Angelo Debarre, Boulou Ferré, and Elios Ferré. Further albums include Roots & Groove - Live at the Sunset (2013). Awarded the Grand Prix du Jazz de la Sacem in 2013, he recorded the album Allo, Balthazar ?! C'est le Nouveau Disque de Bouvelle Et Romane! with accordionist Éric Bouvelle and Rendez-Vous (2019) with violinist Daniel John Martin.
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Tribulations
Jazz - Released by Universal Music Division Decca Records France on 1 jan. 2010
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Romane à Samois-sur-Seine (Intégrale Romane, vol. 5)
Traditionele jazz en dixieland - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 23 jun. 1998
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Elegance (Intégrale Romane, vol. 6)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 23 jan. 2000
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Acoustic Quartet (Intégrale Romane, vol. 7)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 15 sep. 2002
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Double jeu (Intégrale Romane, vol. 9)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 25 apr. 2004
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Impair & valse (feat. Alice Bassié)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 20 jun. 1999
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French Guitar (Intégrale Romane, vol. 10)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 15 nov. 2005
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Swing for Ninine
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 1 jan. 1992
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Quintet (feat. Philippe Cuillerier, Laurent Bajata, Florin Niculescu, Pierre Maingourd)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 1 jan. 1993
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Allo, Balthazar ? !
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 8 jun. 2017
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Guitar Family Connection (The 2013 sessions at The Davout Studios, Paris)
Romane, Richard Manetti, Pierre Manetti
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 31 jul. 2013
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Gypsy Guitar Masters, Vol. 11 (Intégrale Romane)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 1 apr. 2006
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Papillons
Romane, Daniel John Martin, Julien Cattiaux, William Brunard
Jazz - Released by Continuo Jazz on 21 apr. 2023
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Roots and Groove (feat. Christophe Cravero, Mathieu Chatelain, Christophe Lagane, Henri Dorina)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 15 apr. 2011
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Soir de trottoir (Romane Trio)
Jazz - Released by Frémeaux & associés on 13 mei 2021
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Gypsy Travelogue
Romane, Stochelo Rosenberg, Marc-Michel Le Bévillon
Wereldmuziek - Released by Koka Media on 9 feb. 2009
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