Bill Milkowski

Bill Milkowski
Milkowski receives the Bruce Lundvall Award from Andre Ménard of the Montreal Jazz Festival.
Born (1954-09-26) September 26, 1954 (age 70)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
Years active1976–present
Websitewww.billmilkowski.com

Bill Milkowski (born September 26, 1954) is an American jazz critic, journalist, and biographer. Since the 1970s he has written thousands of articles for magazines and album liner notes.[1][2] He has written for DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, The Absolute Sound, Paste, Jazzthing (in Germany) and Guitar Club (in Italy).[3][4] He is the author of a biography of bassist Jaco Pastorius, a biography of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, an annotated history of jive music, a collection of interviews.,[1][2] and a biography of saxophonist-composer Michael Brecker.

In 2018, Milkowski was part of a "Jazz Democracy" panel discussion at the United Nations for International Jazz Day.[5][6] He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Journalists Association in 2011.[7] He received the Bruce Lundvall Award from the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2015.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Bill Milkowski". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 December 2018..
  2. ^ a b "Bill Milkowski:Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries". 2005-02-09. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Steve Buchanan interviews Bill Milkowski". Justbaked.it. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018..
  4. ^ "Zac Harris". Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-26..
  5. ^ "Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations, "Jazz Democracy" presented by Dimitri Vassilakis for International Jazz Day". Retrieved 26 December 2018..
  6. ^ "JJA at the UN for International Jazz Day". JJA News. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  7. ^ "2011 Nominees and Winners JJA Awards". Jazz Journalists Association. Retrieved 26 December 2018..
  8. ^ "Bill Milkowski Receives the Bruce Lundvall Award". La Scena Musical. 2015-07-06. Retrieved 26 December 2018..