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Elek Bacsik

g, 1926-1993 HU, Budapest
Musician of Jazz and Pop

Elek Bacsik (22 May 1926 – 14 February 1993) was a Hungarian-born American jazz violinist and guitarist.Bacsik was born in Budapest, the son of Arpad Bacsik and Erzsebet Pocsi. He was of Romani ethnicity and studied violin at the Budapest Conservatory, but found his primary musical inspiration in bebop pioneers Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was also the cousin of Django Reinhardt. In his early years he travelled as a musician to Lebanon, Spain, Portugal and Italy. He worked in Paris in the early 1960s and recorded with some well known French musicians such as Jeanne Moreau, Serge Gainsbourg and Claude Nougaro as well as making solo albums. In 1966, he went to work and live in the United States and played in Las Vegas. Bacsik played guitar on Gillespie's Dizzy on the French Riviera

     
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • Violin
  • Electric guitar
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Soundtrack
  • Classical
  • Latin
Popular Tracks   
Take Five - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik
Blue Rondo A La Turk - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik
Over The Rainbow on Guitar Conceptions by Elek Bacsik
Work Song on Guitar Conceptions by Elek Bacsik
Samba De Uma Nota.So - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik
Willow Weep For Me - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik
La Saison Des Pluies on Guitar Conceptions by Elek Bacsik
Angel Eyes - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik
Tenderly on Guitar Conceptions by Elek Bacsik
Milestones - Instrumental on Nuages by Elek Bacsik

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
NuagesElek Bacsik2002Compil.
Blue Rondo A La TurkElek Bacsik1980Compil.
Bird And Dizzy-A Musical TributeElek Bacsik1975Album
I Love YouElek Bacsik1974Album
Bossa NovaDizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Con Elek Bacsik1963Single
Guitar ConceptionsElek Bacsik1963Album
Quatre Slows parElek Bacsik1963Single
Bossa Nova - DesafinadoElek Bacsik1963Single
The Electric Guitar Of The Eclectic Elek BacsikElek Bacsik1962Album
Take FiveElek Bacsik1962Single
Europa JazzElek Bacsik / Stéphane GrappelliCompil.
Take FiveElek BacsikSingle
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