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Milt Buckner (10 July 1915 – 27 July 1977) was an American jazz pianist and organist, originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was orphaned as a child, but an uncle in Detroit (trombone player John Tobias) taught him to play. Buckner pioneered the parallel chords style which influenced Red Garland, George Shearing, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson.
He first played in Detroit with the McKinney Cotton Pickers and then with Cab Calloway. In 1941 he joined Lionel Hampton's big band, and for the next seven years served as its pianist and staff arranger. He led a short-lived band of his own for two years, but then returned to Hampton's in 1950. In 1952, he formed his own group. He often played in Europe in the late 60's. Buckner pioneered the use of the electric organ. He died in Chicago, Illinois at the age of sixty-two.
Buckner's brother, Ted Buckner, was a noted jazz saxophonist.
Discography
- Vibe Boogie (with L. Hampton, 1945)
- Chord a rebop (idem, 1946)
- Rockin' with Milt (1954)
- Rockin' Hammond
- Count basement (1956)
- Mighty high (1959)
- Please Mr.organ player (1960)
- Midnight mood
- Play Chords (1966)
- More Chords (1969)
- Rockin' again (1972)
- Illinois Jacquet with Milt and Jo (1974)
- Green Onions (with Roy Gaines on guitar) 1975
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Categories: Swing pianists | American jazz keyboardists | American jazz pianists | American jazz organists | Jazz fusion keyboardists | Jazz fusion organists | People from St. Louis, Missouri | 1915 births | 1977 deaths | Prestige Records artists | MPS Records artists
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