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Buckner, Milt

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Personal name headingBuckner, Milt
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Variant(s)Buckner, Milton
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19150710
Death date19770727
Place of birthSaint Louis (Mo.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
AffiliationDetroit Institute of Arts McKinney's Cotton Pickers Lionel Hampton Allstar Big Band
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Pianists Composers Arrangers (Musicians)
Found inJacquet, I. Genius at work [SR] c1981 (a.e.) container (Milt Buckner, organ)
BL BCM, 13 Dec. 2000 (hdg.: Buckner, Milton, 1915-1977)
African American National Biography, accessed December 27, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Buckner, Milt; Milton Brent Buckner; jazz musician, pianist, composer, arranger; born 10 July 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; raised by a drummer George Robinson, member of Walton's band; was inspired to teach himself to write scores for big bands; impressed by his effort, Walton's band members sent him to Detroit Institute of Arts; served as a staff arranger for McKinney's Cotton Pickers; was back in Cox's band (1934); toured with Jimmy Raschell's band (1935); worked with Lionel Hampton's big band, Detroit (1941); formed an organ trio with the drummer Sam Woodyard and the saxophonist Danny Turner; performed at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike in Boston, Massachusetts; recorded in two albums in Europe and played in the documentary movie Swingmen in Europe (1977); died 27 July 1977 in Chicago, Illinois, United States)