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Milt Buckner

Milt Buckner (*1915 in St. Louis) was a great jazz musician who, because of the star system that prevails in the jazz field, was never given proper credit for his tremendous contribution to the jazz lexicon.

Buckner was equally at home on piano and organ and invented the orchestral sounding "block cord" that was made so popular by George Shearing and Nat King Cole. When block cords were used by Buckner you could clearly hear the sections of a big band. He also explored the tonal colours of the Hammond organ, instead of relying on one or two sounds as most of the well known jazz organists have done.

In the 50's, Milt was working on piano and Lionel Hampton approached him to join his band, but as an organist. In a few weeks he was totally at home on the instrument. He was with Hampton for seven years.

A good deal of Buckners popularity was attributed to his personality. A compact 5-foot-2 1/2-inch ball of energy, he was a lively figure on any stand. The music fits the personality - it's usually loud, heavily melodic and swinging.

Milt Buckner died 27 july 1977 in Chicago.

Thanks to Lyman Strong/NYC/USA who contributed this text.

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Discography

Play, Milt, Play INA FC 103 recorded nov 1966 in Paris/France and july 1969 in Toulouse/France	Milt Buckner, organ, piano Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax Roy Elridge, trumpet Jo Jones, drums Jimmy Woode, bass Slam Stewart, bass
Body And Soul Moon MCD 0042 recorded live 1967 in Paris/France	Johnny Griffin, tenor sax Milt Buckner, organ André Condvant, guitar Joe Nay, drums
Them Their Eyes Black & Blue 33013 recorded dec 1967 in Paris/France	Milt Buckner, organ Wallace Bishop, drums Buddy Tate, tenor sax
Locked Hands MPS 15199 recorded august 1968 in Köln/Germany	Milt Buckner, organ, piano Jimmy Woode jr, bass Kenny Clare, drums
Live In Switzerland 1968-69 Jazz Helvet JH03 recorded sept 1968/sept 1969 in Switzerland	Lucky Thompson, soprano sax Milt Buckner, organ Buddy tae, tenor sax Wallace Bishop, drums
How High The Moon Prestige P 24057 recorded march 1969 in USA	Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax Joe Newman, trumpet Ernie Royal, trumpet Russell Jacquet, trumpet Matthew Gee, trombone Frank Foster, tenor sax Cecil Payne, baritone sax Milt Buckner, organ, piano Wally Richardson, guitar Al Lucas, bass Al Foster, drums
The Soul Explosion Prestige 7629 recorded march 1969 in USA	Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax Joe Newman, trumpet Ernie Royal, trumpet Russell Jacquet, trumpet Matthew Gee, trombone Frank Foster, tenor sax Cecil Payne, baritone sax Milt Buckner, organ, piano Wally Richardson, guitar Al Lucas, bass Al Foster, drums
Genius At Work! Black Lion BLP 30118 recorded april 1971 at Ronnie Scott's in London/Great Britain	Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax, vocals Milt Buckner, organ Tony Crombie, drums
Pressure Cooker Alligator ALCD 4745 recorded march/july/august 1973 in Paris & Toulouse/France	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, guitar, vocals Milt Buckner, organ Arnett Cobb, tenor sax Michael Silva, drums Roland Lobligeois, bass
Green Onions Black & Blue 33087 recorded febr 1975 in France	Milt Buckner, organ, piano, vibes, vocals André Persiany, piano Roy Gaines, guitar Roland Lobligeois, bass Panama Francis, drums
Midnight Slows Black & Blue 33026 recorded ??? in ???	Milt Buckner, organ Buddy Tate, tenor sax Wallace Bishop, drums
Midnights Slows 3 Black & Blue 33055 recorded aug 1973 in France	Milt Buckner, organ Candy Johnson, tenor sax Arnett Cobb, tenor sax Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, guitar Michael Silua, drums
Midnight Slows 4 Black & Blue 33068 recorded jan 1974 in France	Milt Buckner, organ Buddy Tate, tenor sax Jo Jones, drums
Midnight Slows 5 Black & Blue 33075 recorded jan 1974 in Paris/France	Milt Buckner, organ Buddy Tate, tenor sax, clarinet Jo Jones, drums
Midnight Slows 6 Black & Blue 33093 recorded may 1976 in France	Milt Buckner, organ Arnett Cobb, tenor sax Eddie Chamblee, tenor sax Panama Francis, drums
The Wild Man From Texas Black & Blue 233099 recorded may 1976 in Toulouse and Paris/France	Arnett Cobb, tenor sax Wallace Davenport, trumpet Buster Cooper, trombone Eddie Chamblee, tenor sax Earl Warren, alto sax Milt Buckner, organ, vibes André Persiany, piano Roland Lobligeois, bass Panama Francis, drums
Milt Buckner Progressive PCD 7017 recorded oct/nov 1976 in ???	Milt Buckner, organ Illinois Jacquet, tenor sax Buddy Tate, tenor sax Sonny Payne, drums Joop Scholten, guitar Koos van der Sluis, bass Chris Smidiger, bass
Boogie For Piano And Organ Milan Jazz 887787 recorded june and nov 1976 in Paris/France	Milt Buckner, organ Jean-Paul Amouroux, piano Alphonse Masselier, bass Pierre Lemarchand, drums André Villeger, tenor sax Pierre Michelot, bass Michel Gaudry, bass Sam Woodyard, drums

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