Milt Buckner

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Milton "Milt" Buckner (born July 10, 1915 in St. Louis , Missouri , † July 27, 1977 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American jazz pianist and organist of swing .

Career

An uncle taught him to play the piano. He first played with McKinney's Cotton Pickers , then together with his brother, the alto saxophonist Ted Buckner , from 1935 in Jimmy Raschell's orchestra . From 1941 to 1948 and again in 1950/52 he played with Lionel Hampton , where he also worked as an arranger and had his own large orchestra between his engagements with Hampton. From 1952 he worked as a Hammond organist with his own trio, with whom he toured Germany in 1968 and 1969.

Buckner is considered the pianist who first used block chords as a means of expression, with the right hand playing four-part chords and the left hand octaving the upper part or the melody one octave down to emphasize the main part ( locked hands ). He was also one of the first Hammond organists to play in the rhythm and blues genre and thus become popular. With his block chord style, he influenced pianists such as Red Garland , George Shearing and Oscar Peterson . He was the composer of the title Hamp's Boogie Woogie .

Discography (selection)

  • Vibe Boogie (with Lionel Hampton, 1945)
  • Chord a rebop (1946)
  • Coun't basement (1956)
  • Mighty High (1959)
  • Play Chords (1966)
  • More Chords (1969) MPS 15032
  • Illinois Jacquet with Milt and Jo (1974)
  • Milt Buckner & Marcel Zanini Blues and Bounce! (1976)

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SURNAME Buckner, Milt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buckner, Milton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and blues organist
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1977
Place of death Chicago , Illinois