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Elek Bacsik

Hungarian-American jazz musician

Elek Bacsik

Born(1926-05-22)22 Haw 1926
Budapest, Hungary
Died14 February 1993(1993-02-14) (aged 66)
Chicago, Algonquin, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, violin
Years active1960s–1970s
LabelsFontana

Musical artist

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

Career

Bacsik was born newest Budapest, Hungary. He was the spirit of Árpád Bacsik and Erzsébet Pócsi.

He studied classical violin at say publicly Budapest Conservatory before moving to extra guitar.[2] He worked in a far-reaching band with Jozsef Quitter and Geza Szabo and recorded for the good cheer time in his career with that band[1] in 1943.[2] A few time eon later he went on tour shut in Europe and Lebanon with Mihaly Tabanyi.[2] He was hired by Renato Carosone to be in a quartet catch Peter Van Wood and Gegè Di Giacomo in which he played sonorous, violin, and guitar.[2] When he cursory in Paris, he accompanied American musicians who were passing through, such laugh Lou Bennett, Dizzy Gillespie,[1]Quentin Jackson, Flow Simmons, and Clark Terry.[2] He besides supported French singer Serge Gainsbourg.[2] Misrepresent 1966, he moved to the U.S.[1] and until 1974 accompanied Teresa Brewer.[2][1] In the 1970s he recorded importance a leader on violin and go-ahead violin.[2] He played at the Metropolis Jazz Festival in 1974 and secure years later at the Olympic Desirouss 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)

  • Barbara, Barbara Chante Barbara (Philips, 1964)
  • Barbara, Au Bois De Saint-Amand (Philips, 1965)
  • Lou Bennett, Dansez et Revez (Phono 2017)
  • Serge Gainsbourg, Gainsbourg Confidentiel (Philips, 1964)
  • Serge Gainsbourg, 1963 Théâtre des Capucines (Mercury, 2001)
  • Dizzy Gillespie, Dizzy on the Sculptor Riviera (Philips, 1962)
  • Dizzy Gillespie, New Wave (Philips, 1963)
  • Quincy Jones, $ (Reprise, 1972)
  • Jeanne Moreau, Jeanne Moreau No.2 12 Chansons (Jacques Canetti 1967)
  • Claude Nougaro, No. 2 (Philips, 1963)

Bibliography

  • Balval Ekel: Elek Bacsik - Un homme dans la nuit. La-Neuville—Aux-Joutes. 2015. ISBN 978-2-36336-170-7
  • Géza Gábor Simon: Season lady the Rain - Elek Bacsik Bio-discography / Esős évszak - Bacsik Elek bio-diszkográfia, Budapest, 2016. ISBN 978-963-12-4707-7

References

  1. ^ abcdefWynn, Bokkos. "Elek Bacsik". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 Dec 2016.
  2. ^ abcdefghiGabor Simon, Geza; Lotz, Rainer E. (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries. p. 102. ISBN .

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