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

Bacsik was born in Budapest, Hungary. He was the son of Árpád Bacsik and Erzsébet Pócsi.

He studied classical violin at the Budapest Conservatory before moving to jazz guitar.^[2] He worked in a big band with Jozsef Quitter and Geza Szabo and recorded for the first time in his career with this band^[1] in 1943.^[2] A few years later he went on tour in Europe and Lebanon with Mihaly Tabanyi.^[2] He was hired by Renato Carosone to be in a quartet with Peter Van Wood and Gegè Di Giacomo in which he played bass, violin, and guitar.^[2] When he lived in Paris, he accompanied American musicians who were passing through, such as Lou Bennett, Dizzy Gillespie,^[1] Quentin Jackson, Art Simmons, and Clark Terry.^[2] He also supported French singer Serge Gainsbourg.^[2] In 1966, he moved to the U.S.^[1] and until 1974 accompanied Teresa Brewer.^[2][1] In the 1970s he recorded as a leader on violin and electric violin.^[2] He played at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1974 and ten years later at the Olympic Games Jazz Festival in Los Angeles.^[2][1]

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