A now monthly Guitar magazine published in France (and in French) by a team of passionate. In fact the redaction team is made of known Gipsy jazz related names : Romane, Max Robin, Derek Sebastian, Philippe Cuillerer.

This explain why there is so much Manouche music interviews, transcriptions, guitar and CD adds and reviews included in this rather thin but rich magazine. Also what's happening in town, Festival to come, who is currently recording, who is on tour...There is also a regular column on music theory.

This magazine also offers a sort of what’s playing in France, the ultimate travel guide for Manouche music tours…

More on those guys later. I need to collect a little more information on the history of this magazine.

It is officially titled :

Online photocopies of some articles (french)

Fapy Lafertin 1 - 2 - 3

Angelo Debarre 1- 2 - 3

Moreno 1 - 2 - 3

Tchavolo Schmidt 1 - 2 - 3

Raphael Fays 1 - 2

Gipsy Jazz 1 - 2 - 3

Leo Slab 1 - 2

Henri Crolla 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13

March 1997, number 1

Editorial par Romane

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Interviews : Ninine & Mondine à la Shope des puces, Thibault Abrial, Pierre Culaz, Patrick Verbeke, Roland Dyens (1), Sylvain Luc,
Musique : Manouche rhythm guitar (1),
Dossiers : Dossier formation professionnelle, Antoine Tatich, Maurice Dupont - luthier,
Transcriptions : Poussière d'étoile (Thibault Abrial), Valse à Bianca - Antoine Tatich, l'anatole brésilien - Joao Gilberto, All the things you are - Garland-Burton-Benjamin-Morollo.

May 1997, number 2

Interviews : Nono, Rodolphe-Kat Onoma Bunger, Tchawolo, Manu Galvin, Guitars Unlimited, Jean-Félix Lalanne, Roland Dyens (2)
Actualités : Studio d'enregistrement, DNG - Le power Trio - Lutherie, Mauro Serri,
Transcription : Valse à Django (Montagne Ste-Geneviève), Laura - Guitars Unilimited, Arpèges à la Brézilienne,

July -August 1997, number 3

Interviews : Sergio de Noir Désir, Nelson Veras, Arnaud Dumond, Amar Sundy, Raphael Fays, Florin, Niculescu, Thierry Robin
Actualités : La lutherie - Musicora, Histoire d'un musicien sans frontières, Gipsy Swing Festival (Samson Reinhardt, Martin Weiss et le Sinti Jazz Ensemble, Patrick Saussois-Alma Sinti, To Meraki)
Musique : Manouche rhythm guitar (2).

September-January 1997, number 4

Interviews : Stochelo Rosenberg, Little Bob Guitar Story, Fred Blondin, Birelli Lagrene, Francis Kleynjans
Actualités : Luthier - Lag, Festival de Samois, Festival de Patrimonio
Transcription : Les Yeux Noirs (1) (Django Reinhardt)
Dossiers : Amplification acoustiques
CD reviews : Minor Swing Quatet's "Swing de Paris"(France)
 

Décember-January 1998, number 5

Interviews Babik Reinhardt, Yarol, Philipe Catherine, Cristina Azuma, Chris Lancry, D'Gary
Actualités : Le Québec des guitaristes (1), Luthiers USA (Gruhn, Mazzolenni, Oster) , Cap Guitare, Festival de Nashville, Festival de Cahors, JC Hoarau
Transcription : Swing for Ninine de Romane, La Valse Ajaccienne - guitar Corse - Antoine Tatich (1)
Interesting publicity of DJAZ records (Patrick Saussois, Marc Fosset-JP Sasson, Les Enfants de Django, Dorado Schmitt, Francis Alfred Moerman

February-March 1998, number 6

Interviews : Jean Phillipe Viret, John McLaughlin, Vincente Amigo, Dominic Sonic, Angelo Debarre, Michel Haumont, Paris Slim
Actualités : Michel Sadanowsky, Le Québec des guitaristes (2), Issoudun, Luthier Jean-Luc Joie
Adieu de Marc Fosset à Stéphane Grapelli
Review : Latcho Drom - Live in Madrid
Transcription : Les Yeux Noirs (2) (Django Reinhardt - August 29th 1947), La Valse Ajaccienne - guitar Corse - Antoine Tatich (2)

April-May 1998, number 7

Interviews : Didier Lockwood, Chritian Escoudé, Elliot Murphy, Bernard Allison, Tania Chagnot, Marc Dupret, Dan Ar Braz, Luigi Trussardi
Actualités : Jean-Pierre Favino, Concerts-Banlieues bleues, Le stationnement des gens de voyage (Max Robin, Angelo Debarre), Siesta Records
transcription : Swing for Ninine de Romane, Corcovado de Antonio Carlos Jobin - arrangt. JC Hoarau
Nice full page in color of Rome Instrument(music shop in Paris)
a word on the Gipsy Swing Festival d'Angers

June -July 1998, number 8

Interviews : John Scofield, Dominique Pifarély, Romane, Frank Ash, Louis Bertignac, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Vicente Pradal
Actualités : Dossier scènes sur Seine,
Article : Romane (and friends talking about their recent "New Quintet du Hot Club de France").
Live review : Sylvain Luc - Birelli Lagrène : Le choc de Titans
 

August -September 1998, number 9

Interview : Nguyen Le
Partitions & tablatures :
- Didier Lockwood - Throught a first spring day
- Worms -- Solea
- Angelo Debarre - La Gitane
- Nguyen Le - Constantine
- Jean Sébastien Bach -  Herlich tut mich Verlangen
- Galvin - On a Georgia road
- Baden Powell - Canto de Ossanha
Actualités : Gipsy Swing Festival-Angers, Images de Samois, Arbat-le concert,

October-November 1998, number 10

Interviews : Louis Winsberg, Valérie Duchâteau, Rémi Vignolo, Blankass, Tao Ravao, Léo Slab, les Yeux noirs
Article : École Atla - music school (Romane was one of the founder), Samois 1998,
Transcription : La Gitane de Thanc Tchou vidal (tablature) à la Angelo Debarre,
Publicities : magnificient one pager of Christian Escoudé "A suite for gypsies"

Décember-January 1999, number 11

Interviews : Arcollectivité, Pascal de Loutchek, René Mailhes, Fapy Lafertin, Amar Sundy, Juan Carmona, Pierre Anastasio
Transcription : La valse Manouche (Django Reinhardt - from an unpublished BBC recording)
Article : Festival d'Issoudun, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Santana
Publicity : Nice one pager of Dell Arte Instruments, others

February-March 1999, number 12

Interviews : Dogs, Gilles Naturel, Debora Seffer, René Lussier, Moreno, Karim Albert Kook,
Articles : Festival de Nevers, Festival de Bagneux, Henri Crolla, L'atelier Kopo,
Transcriptions : II-V-1 à la brésilienne

April-May 1999, number 13

Editorial : Yehudi Menuhin recently left us
Interviews : McLaughlin, Fawzy Al Aiedy, Pat Martino, Jean-Michel Kajdan, Patrick Saussois, Grégoire Damico
Dossier : Henri Crolla (suite)
Contrebasse : Ricardo Delfra
Others : Gipsy Swing Festival d’Angers, All the things you are…theory.
My favorite articles of this issue : the Patrick Saussois and the Henri Crolla interviews…
A nice full color page add of Dupont : many archtops, Selmer types, the blue Romane model...

Juillet - August 1999, number 14

Interviews : Boulou & Elios Ferré, Yazid Manou, Sylvain Luc
Articles : Jimi Hendrix
Transcriptions : Gipsy Dreams - Elios Ferré,

September 1999, number 15

Interviews : Sam Broussard, Lucky Peterson, Didier Duprat, Dany Michel, Franck Ash, Atelier Gérôme - Philippe Moneret, The Comets
Transcription  : Wes Montgomery - Far Wes, Romane - Passion,
Editorial : Touche pas à mon pote le Gitan (article on the Gipsy situation as seen at the last Samois Festival).

October 1999, number 16

 

Dossier : Django Reinhardt, Patrimonio - Les 10e Nuits de la guitare, In Memoriam - Grerta Weiss, L'histoire des guitares Selmer (François Charles),
Interviews : Latcho Drom, Regina Carter, Patrimonio
Transcriptions : Debora Seffer - Level 13, Django/Grappelli - Blue Drag, Romane/Angelo Debarre - Légende,

November 1999, number 17

Interviews : Alain Giroux, Martin Taylor, Prysm, Pierre Bensusan, Marc Fosset, Frédéric Leibovitz - editor
Hommage (tribute) : Dadi & Atkins
Actualités : Carnet de voyage (California - shows, scene, etc)
Transcription  : Marcel Dadi - Big Cheif, Freddy King - Key to the highway, Pierre Bensusan - Wu Wei, Charlie Parker - Donna Lee
CD reviews (among others) : Polytour - Django Chanté, Musiciens Manouches en Béarn - Latcho Dives,

December 1999, number 18

Editorial : "Everywhere, the overall situation is ruff for Roms
Interviews : Mike Stern, Nawfel (cover), Boubacar traoré, Beverly Jo Scott, Didier Lockwood, Alexandre Cavalière, Jacques Vidal
Actualités : Concert au New Morning (John Scofield, Bill Stewart),
Pédagogie Manouche : Valse d'Argentine (Fapy Laferin),
Pédagogie Jazz : Traverses (Jacques Vidal)
Pédagogie : Le Choro "Apanhei Te Cavaquinho" (Ernesto Nazareth)
 

January 2000, number 19

February 2000, number 20

Editorial : French Guitare is now including "Chanson" into its content
Interviews : Patrice Caratini, Potzi/Paris Combo, Boni, Opus 4 (Serge Camps), Sami Daussat, Bratch
Hommage : Jacques Favino, Didier Roussin
Pédagogie : Manouche / Paris Combo, Glossaire, Manouche- All of Me - Django, Théories pour les nuls, Jazz/Bratch, Blues

March 2000, number 21 (last issue)

Editorial :Woody Allen Sweet and lowdown (Accords et Désaccords)
Interviews : Rihard Beique, Marc Ducret, Sacha Distel, Pat Metheny, Jean-Charles Scale, Mandino Reinhardt, André Minvielle, Bratch (2)
Actualités : Chambre d'échos, courrier, Festival Sons d'Hiver, Lancer de disques
Pédagogie : Manouche / Django - Improvisation 2 Part II, Chanson, Glossaire, Théories pour les nuls,