Milt Buckner
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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 taught him to play. Buckner pioneered the parallel chords style which influenced Red Garland, George Shearing, and Oscar Peterson.
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. 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.
[edit] Discography
- Vibe Boogie (with L. Hampton, 1945)
- Chord a rebop (idem, 1946)
- Count basement (1956)
- Mighty high (1959)
- Play Chords (1966)
- More Chords (1969)
- Illinois Jacquet with Milt and Jo (1974)
- Green Onions (with Roy Gaines on guitar) 1975
[edit] Discography uses
In 2001 the song "The Beast" was used in the soundtrack of the "Mulholland Drive" motion picture by David Lynch. In the 2008 video game Battlefield: Bad Company published by Electronic Arts, Buckner's jazz-piano/organ song titled "The Beast" was used as one of the musical themes.
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