So What - Music

Elek Bacsik 22 May 1926-14 February 1993 Was A Hungarian Jazz Violinist And Guitarist. Bacsik Was Of Gypsy Descent And Probably Studied At The Budapest Conservatory But Found His Primary Musical Inspiration In Bebop Pioneers Dizzy Gillespie And Charlie Parker. He Worked In Paris In The Early 1960s He Recorded Two Albums On Guitar And He Worked With Serge Gainsbourg On The Album "Confidentiel" And In Las Vegas Starting In 1967. 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 . read less