Elek Bacsik

Elek Bacsik (22 May 1926 – 14 February 1993) was a Hungarian-American jazz
guitarist and violinist. He was the cousin of guitarist Django Reinhardt.[1]

Contents
1 Career
2 Discography
2.1 As leader
2.2 As sideman
3 References
4 Sources
5 External links
Career
Bacsik was born in Budapest, Hungary. He was the son of Arpad Bacsik and Erzsebet
Pocsi.

He studied classical violin at the Budapest Conservatory before moving to jazz

guitar.[2] He worked in a big band with Jozsef Quitter and Geza Szabo and recorded
for the first time in his career with this band[1] in 1943.[2] A few years later he
went on tour in Europe and Lebanon with Mihaly Tabanyi.[2] He was hired by Renato
Carosone to be in a quartet with Peter Van Wood and Gegè Di Giacomo in which he
played bass, violin, and guitar.[2] When he lived in Paris, he accompanied American
musicians who were passing through, such as Lou Bennett, Dizzy Gillespie,[1]
Quentin Jackson, Art Simmons, and Clark Terry.[2] He also supported French singer
Serge Gainsbourg.[2] In 1966, he moved to the U.S.[1] and until 1974 accompanied
Teresa Brewer.[2][1] In the 1970s he recorded as a leader on violin and electric
violin.[2] He played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974 and ten years later at
the Olympic Games Jazz Festival in Los Angeles.[2][1]

Discography
As leader
The Electric Guitar of the Eclectic Elek Bacsik (Fontana, 1962)
Guitar Conceptions (Fontana, 1963)
I Love You (Bob Thiele Music, 1974)
Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute (Flying Dutchman, 1975)
As sideman
With Barbara

Chante Barbara (1974)

Barbara Chante Barbara (1998)
Gottingen 64–65 (1998)
With Lou Bennett

Dansez et Revez (RCA Victor, 1960)

With Serge Gainsbourg

Gainsbourg Confidentiel (Philips, 1963)

1963 Théâtre des Capucines (Universal, 2009)
With Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy on the French Riviera (Philips, 1962)

New Wave (Philips, 1963)
References
Wynn, Ron. "Elek Bacsik". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
Gabor Simon, Geza; Lotz, Rainer E. (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove
Dictionary of Jazz. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 102. ISBN 1-
56159-284-6.
Sources
Barnett, Anthony. Almost Like Being in Bop: a Not-So-Brief Account of the Hidden
History of the Swing to Recorded Bebop and Progressive Violin in America and
Europe. Lewes, East Sussex: AB Fable, 2005. More information on his recordings on
violin on AB Fable Bulletin : violin improvisation studies