Bill Milkowski

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bill Milkowski
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Sep 26, 1954(1954-09-26)
Age	70
Birthplace	Milwaukee
Country	United States
Birth City	Wisconsin
Horoscope	Libra

Bill Milkowski Biography

Bill Milkowski is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on September 26, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milkowski studied journalism in college, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1977 from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he also served as editor of the campus newspaper, The UWM Post. He combined his interests in music and journalism when he began working as freelance music critic at The Milwaukee Journal in 1977. He co-published the city’s alternative bi-weekly newspaper Cityside from December 1977 to May 1979 and served as editor of the monthly Milwaukee magazine from 1979 to 1980. He moved to New York in September 1980 after accepting a position as managing editor for the Long Island-based weekly entertainment publication Good Times, where he worked for two years.

As a New York-based freelance music writer from 1983 to 1993, Milkowski contributed cover stories, interviews, record reviews, and opinion pieces on jazz, rock, and blues musicians for numerous national magazines. In September 1993, he moved to New Orleans, where he continued freelancing for several national music magazines while also appearing weekly as an overnight DJ (“The Milkman”) at radio station WWOZ.His first book, JACO: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius, The World’s Greatest Bass Player (Miller- Freeman Books) was published in April 1995 during the week of the birth of his daughter. It was translated for editions in Italy, Spain, Slovakia, France, Bulgaria, and Japan. After returning to New York in 1997, Milkowski published Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries (Billboard Books, 1998) and Swing It! An Annotated History of Jive (Billboard Books, 2001). An updated and revised 10th Anniversary Edition of his Jaco Pastorius biography was published in 2005 by Backbeat Books. He wrote Legends of Jazz (White Star Publishers) in 2011 and that same year co-wrote Here And Now: The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Backbeat Books). His book Keith Richards: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Life (White Star Publishers) came out in 2012.

Bill Milkowski Net Worth

Bill Milkowski is one of the richest Journalist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bill Milkowski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

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Lateef Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bill Milkowski celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.