Milt Buckner

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About Milt Buckner

Milton Brent Buckner was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ. He pioneered the parallel chords style that influenced Red Garland, George Shearing, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson. Buckner's brother, Ted Buckner, was a jazz saxophonist. Birthdays.fyi indexes this profile with birthday, age, profession cluster, source links, and nearby people born on July 10.

Before fame

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American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer (died 1977). This page is tagged with Music, Historical, American.

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