Samois Sur Seine [Import]

Romane | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Iris
• ASIN: B000007TL6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,635,137 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Legende

2. Swing

3. Une Histoire Simple

4. La Camarde

5. Traces De Loups

6. Feu Follet

7. I'll See You In My Dream

8. Dans Le Regard De Laura

9. Mots De Pandore

10. Pizzicato Blues

11. When You Wish Upon A Star

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Guitar magazine review, July 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Samois Sur Seine (Audio CD)

A new release by jazz manouche guitarist Patrick "Romane" Leguidecoq is always a reason to celebrate but this new CD is truly phenomenal. Romane has put out four past discs of Gypsy jazz as well as a video concert and method book, all available in the U.S. This new CD, however, is his most mature and accomplished to date. The album opens with "Legende," a Romane original as eccentric as Django Reinhardt's great "Rhythm Futur" in its funky rhythms and exotic melody. The song is a duet between Romane and legendary Gypsy guitarist Angelo Debarre, and the results are fireworks. (For more of Debarre, check out his Gypsy Guitars album on Norway's Hot Club Records.) Other standout numbers include the moody duet with Django's second son, Babik, on "Une Histoire Simple" and the rollicking, straight-ahead "Swing 98." As on several of his past CDs, Romane plays a new version of his own "Dans Le Regard De Laura," provid! ! ing an unfolding measure of his own musical development. But it's not only the music that stands out here: The sound quality on this CD is drop-dead amazing. The sound is warm, live, and almost three-dimensional. On some cuts, it is so crystal clear that you can distinguish between four acoustic guitar players. Hot stuff!