Milt Buckner

Milt Buckner

Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 10, 1915 (St. Louis), Died July 27, 1977 (Chicago)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1963

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, organ

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	70100	10-in.	12/24/1941	Just for you	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70101	10-in.	12/24/1941	Southern echoes	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70102	10-in.	12/24/1941	My wish	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70103	10-in.	12/24/1941	Nola	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70416	10-in.	3/2/1942	Royal family	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70417	10-in.	3/2/1942	I can't believe that you're in love with me	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70418	10-in.	3/2/1942	Blues in the news	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70419	10-in.	3/2/1942	Exactly like you	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70771	10-in.	5/26/1942	Now I know	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70772	10-in.	5/26/1942	Half a love is better than none	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70773	10-in.	5/26/1942	Flying home	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70774	10-in.	5/26/1942	In the bag	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71825	10-in.	3/2/1944	Loose wig	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71826	10-in.	3/2/1944	Chop chop	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71827	10-in.	3/2/1944	Flying home No.2	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	71828	10-in.	3/2/1944	Hamp's boogie woogie	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73287		1/21/1946	Pinetop's boogie woogie-1	Bing Crosby	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73288		1/21/1946	On the sunny side of the street-2	Bing Crosby	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73324		1/29/1946	Rockin' in rhythm, part 1	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73325		1/29/1946	Rockin' in rhythm, part 2	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73326		1/29/1946	Gay notes	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73327		1/29/1946	Tempo's birthday	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73332		1/31/1946	Cobb's idea	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73333		1/31/1946	Air mail special, part 1	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73334		1/31/1946	Air Mail special, part 2	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73843		4/2/1947	I want to be loved	Lionel Hampton Quintet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	73844		4/2/1947	How high the moon	Lionel Hampton Quintet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	84583		3/16/1953	Russian lullaby	Milt Buckner Trio	instrumentalist, organ
Decca	84584		3/16/1953	Trapped-1	Milt Buckner Trio	instrumentalist, organ
Decca	113017		1/30/1963	Air mail special	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 3644	10-in.	10/16/1944	Million dollar smile	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 3645	10-in.	10/16/1944	The lamplighter	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 3646	10-in.	10/16/1944	Overtime	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 3647	10-in.	10/16/1944	Tempo's boogie	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4008	10-in.	12/1/1945	Slide Hamp, slide	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4009	10-in.	12/1/1945	Hey-ba-ba-re-bop	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4287		9/9/1946	Playboy	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4288		9/9/1946	Cobb's idea	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4289		9/9/1946	Tempo's birthday	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4290		9/9/1946	Adam blew his hat	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4297		9/17/1946	The pencil broke	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4298		9/17/1946	Empty glass (Normania)	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4299		9/17/1946	Hamp's walkin' boogie	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4300		9/23/1946	Don't let the landlord gyp you	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4301		9/23/1946	I'm mindin' my business	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4302		9/23/1946	Dig those vibes	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4303		9/23/1946	Reminiscing mood	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4304		9/23/1946	Ribbons in your hair	Lionel Hampton Octet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4305		9/23/1946	Double talk	Lionel Hampton Octet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4306		9/23/1946	'S wonderful	Lionel Hampton Octet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4307		9/23/1946	Jack the fox boogie	Lionel Hampton Octet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4481		8/6/1947	You better be satisfied	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4482		8/6/1947	Hamp's got a Duke	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4483		8/6/1947	Gone again	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4484		8/6/1947	3 minutes on 52nd Street	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4485		8/6/1947	One little tear in an ocean	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4486		8/6/1947	I miss you so	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4487		8/6/1947	When tonight is just a memory	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4528		11/3/1947	Goldwyn stomp	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4529		11/3/1947	Red top	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4530		11/3/1947	Giddy up	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 4563		11/14/1947	Be-bop's turning blue-1	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5757		7/25/1950	Well, oh well	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5758		7/25/1950	Pink champagne	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5759		7/25/1950	September in the rain	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5760		7/26/1950	Penthouse serenade	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5761		7/26/1950	Memories of you	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5762		7/26/1950	You go to my head	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5835		9/14/1950	Moonglow	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5836		9/14/1950	I'll remember April	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5837		9/4/1950	The man I love	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5838		9/14/1950	Time on my hands	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5839		9/14/1950	Easy to love	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5840		9/14/1950	Twentieth Century boogie	Lionel Hampton Sextet	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5880		10/13/1950	Oh babe	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5881		10/13/1950	Who cares?	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5895		10/27/1950	Boogie woogie Santa Claus	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5896		10/27/1950	Merry Christmas baby	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5897		10/30/1950	June	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5898		10/30/1950	Perdido	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	L 5899		10/30/1950	If you ever learn to love	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Buckner, Milt," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201252.

Buckner, Milt. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201252.

"Buckner, Milt." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.