LC control no. | n 83156052 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Buckner, Milt |
Variant(s) | Buckner, Milton |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 19150710 |
Death date | 19770727 |
Place of birth | Saint Louis (Mo.) |
Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
Affiliation | Detroit Institute of Arts McKinney's Cotton Pickers Lionel Hampton Allstar Big Band |
Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Pianists Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
Found in | Jacquet, 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) |