Opus de Clignancourt
About Opus de Clignancourt
Opus de Clignacourt is a jazz manouche composition performed by guitarist Romane and guitarist Stochelo Rosenberg. The track appears as the third piece on the live album Festival d’été de Québec 2001, released on July 15, 2021, under the Bell label. The recording captures a 2001 performance from the annual Festival d’été de Québec in Canada. The album format is a commercial CD.
The track runs for 4 minutes and 18 seconds. It exemplifies the jazz manouche style, a subgenre of gypsy jazz rooted in the tradition established by Django Reinhardt. Romane and Rosenberg deliver intricate guitar interplay, with Rosenberg’s lead lines complemented by Romane’s rhythmic accompaniment. The composition title references Clignacourt, a location in France historically linked to the Romani community and Reinhardt’s musical legacy.
The 2021 release marks a posthumous issuance of the 2001 concert material. The album does not include additional studio enhancements, preserving the original live acoustics. No further details about the recording session, production personnel, or alternate takes are publicly documented. The tracklist sequence and total runtime of the full album remain unverified beyond the provided track data.