Milt buckner biography

          Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, – July 27, ) was an....

          Milt Buckner

          American jazz pianist and organist (1915–1977)

          Musical artist

          Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977)[2] was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ.[3] He pioneered the parallel chords style[4] that influenced Red Garland, George Shearing, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson.

          Orphaned as a child, Buckner was taught music by an uncle in Detroit.

        1. Milton Brent Buckner was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early s popularized the Hammond organ.
        2. Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, – July 27, ) was an.
        3. Milt Buckner, född 10 juli i St. Louis, Missouri, död 27 juli i Chicago, Illinois, var en amerikansk kompositör och jazzmusiker (piano och orgel).
        4. Biography.

          5. Buckner's brother, Ted Buckner, was a jazz saxophonist.

          Early life and career

          Milton Brent Buckner was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] His parents encouraged him to learn to play piano, but they both died when he was nine years old.

          Milt and his younger brother Ted were sent to Detroit where they were adopted by members of the Earl Walton band:[3] trombonist John Tobias, drummer George Robinson fostered Milt and reedplayer Fred Kewley (né Fred Cecil Kewley; 1889–1953) fostered Ted.[5] Buckner studied piano for three years from the age 10, then at 15 began writing ar