Elek Bacsik • I Love You

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 at Las Vegas. Bacsik recorded on guitar on Gillespie's Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962) and later appeared on violin with Gillespie at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974. His bebop violin playing is featured on his two albums as a leader, I Love You (1974) and Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute (1975).

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 Elek Bacsik (22 de mayo de 1926 - 14 de febrero de 1993) fue un violinista y guitarrista de jazz americano nacido en Hungría.

Bacsik nació en Budapest, hijo de Arpad Bacsik y Erzsebet Pocsi. De etnia romaní, estudió violín en el Conservatorio de Budapest, pero encontró su principal inspiración musical en los pioneros del bebop Dizzy Gillespie y Charlie Parker. También era primo de Django Reinhardt. En sus primeros años viajó como músico al Líbano, España, Portugal e Italia. Trabajó en París a principios de la década de 1960 y grabó con algunos músicos franceses muy conocidos como Jeanne Moreau, Serge Gainsbourg y Claude Nougaro, además de hacer álbumes en solitario. En 1966, se fue a trabajar y a vivir a los Estados Unidos y tocó en Las Vegas. Bacsik grabó con la guitarra en Dizzy on the French Riviera de Gillespie (1962) y más tarde apareció en el violín con Gillespie en el Festival de Jazz de Newport en 1974. Su violín bebop aparece en sus dos álbumes como líder, I Love You (1974) y Bird and Dizzy: A Musical Tribute (1975).

Bass – Richard Davis
Congas, Percussion – Richard "Pablo" Landrum
Drums – Elvin Jones, Grady Tate
Guitar [Spanish] – Bucky Pizzarelli
Piano – Hank Jones
Saxophone [Alto] – Oliver Nelson
Timbales, Percussion – Ray Mantilla
Violin, Violin [Violectra], Guitar – Elek Bacsik


Tracklist
A1 I Love You 6:47
A2 I Cant't Get Started 5:10
A3 Donna Lee 4:25
A4 Season Of The Rain 3:59
B1 Tea For Two 4:08
B2 Valse Triste 4:01
B3 Blues For Elek 5:05
B4 They Can't Take That Away From Me 5:00

Released: 1974

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