Bill Milkowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bill Milkowski

American author, journalist and radio host

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1954

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: author, guitarist, music critic, journalist, radio personality

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.
He has written for DownBeat, JazzTimes, Jazziz, The Absolute Sound, Paste, Jazzthing (in Germany) and Guitar Club (in Italy).
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, and a collection of interviews.In 2018, Milkowski was part of a "Jazz Democracy" panel discussion at the United Nations for International Jazz Day.
He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jazz Journalists Association in 2011.
He received the Bruce Lundvall Award from the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2015.