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a r t i s t : Elek Bacsik
t i t l e : Nuages
d a t e : 2002
l a b e l : Gitanes
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jan-2003
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 68,3 MB
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Born on May 22, 1926 in Budapest, Elek Bacsik, was from gypsy
origin. He studied the violin at the Conservatory of the
Hungarian capital. Then he had taught himself the guitar by
1945. He had got a solid musical background. He discovered Be
Bop in 1949 when he was playing in Bern with Hazy Osterwald.
The first big influence on Elek was Tal Farlow.
Elek Bacsik came in Paris in 1959 after having crossed Europe
from Switzerland to Portugal, playing even in the Middle East
in Beyrouth Lebanon. In Paris he felt that Jazz was playing a
big role in the musical life. He joined the Art Simmons' Trio
alongside Michel Gaudry, on bass and A.Simmons on piano. The
trio was resident at the Mars Club, which a must for all the
American Jazzmen touring in Europe.
In February 1962, Elek went into the recording studio. Michel
Gaudry or Pierre Michelot, and Kenny Clarke or Daniel Humair
supported him alternatively on bass and drums. They built
together a tremendous rhythm section reinforced by Bacsik re
recording techniques. Elek Bacsik had found his own style
without imitating Django, by making a synthesis of various
influences such as Tal Farlow, Jimmy Raney, Wes Montgomery,
Howard Roberts and also two marginals George van Eps and
Laurindo Almeida.
In July 1962 he made a triumph in the festival of Antibes Juan
Les Pins. It was there that he crossed Dizzy Gillespie, who
invited him to play in two tracks as he was recording his album
Dizzy on the French Riviera.
Then Elek Bacsik became a session man playing with serge
Gainsbourg in his album "confidentiel" making a brilliant
performance in songs like la saison des pluies. In the summer
1963 he played at the Palm Beach in Cannes and then backed
Jeanne Moreau for a record and later Claude Nougaro for a
couple of records. Elek Bacsik was becoming a star, when
decided to go to the United States, where he stayed a while in
Los Angeles and then went in Las Vegas.
Unfortunately his fame did not cross the Atlantic Ocean. He
started in the casinos and then fell down in the nightclubs. He
backed the singer Teresa Brewer when her husband Bob Thiele
noticed him. He seemed to get out of the anonymity, making two
albums I love you in 1973 and Bird and Dizzy/a musical tribute,
followed by an appearance at the Newport N.Y.Jazz Festival. But
that was it, he then disappeared definitely. As Marc Fosset, an
excellent guitarist, explained in Jazz swing journal (August
1987): he was ahead of his time. He was the first to come up
with an intelligent compromise between the gypsy soul and the
American style"
He left this excellent 10 tracks reissued on CD in 1988 by
Polygram and still available, with a superb cover of take five
and a very original cover of Nuages.
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01-Blue Rondo a La Turk [06:16]
02-Angel Eyes [03:29]
03-Godchild [03:54]
04-Take Five [03:15]
05-Willow Weep For Me [04:25]
06-Opus De Funk [02:56]
07-My Old Flame [04:07]
08-On Green Dolphin Street [05:18]
09-Nuages [03:07]
10-Milestones [03:06]
11-Desafinado [02:43]
12-Recado [02:26]
13-Sanba De Uma Nota So [02:30]
14-Stardust [02:07]
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49:39 min
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