Patrick Leguidecoq (known professionally as Romane; born 1959 in Paris, France) is a guitarist who specializes in gypsy jazz.
He has performed in a range of settings, from duo to sextet: for example, the group Django Vision or the Romane Acoustic Quartet.
His partners on recordings range from Florin Niculescu to Didier Lockwood, Tchavolo Schmitt, Angelo Debarre and Stochelo Rosenberg.
Romane also works in the educational field, having published several methods of guitar, opened a school of gypsy swing music (the Swing Romane Academy[1]), launched a magazine (French Guitare) and was the first director of the Village Musiques Actuelles ATLA[2] founded by Noëlle Tatich in 1994.
His son, Richard Manetti, also pursues a career as a jazz guitarist and gypsy swing performer.