Bill Milkowski
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Music journalist, author, editor and musician. He is a regular contributor to ’Jazz Times’, ’Guitar Player, Bass Player’, ’Modern Drummer’ and ’Jazziz’ magazines. He is also the author of JACO: The Extraordinary And Tragic Life Of Jaco Pastorius, which is receiving a Deluxe Edition rewrite in 2005. Born in Milwaukee, WI on September 26, 1954 he is now based in New York.

APPEARANCES +


Chick Corea Elektric Band II
Paint The World
2024, ,
Post Bop/Fusion
Chick Corea Elektric Band*
Beneath The Mask
2023, ,
Fusion
Chick Corea Elektric Band*
Light Years
2023, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz
Wes Montgomery / Wynton Kelly Trio
Maximum Swing: The Unissued 1965 Half Note Recordings
2023, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Chick Corea Elektric Band*
Eye Of The Beholder
2023
The Chick Corea Elektric Band
The Chick Corea Elektric Band
2023
Wes Montgomery
The Complete Full House Recordings
2023
Chick Corea △ Elektric Band*
Inside Out
2023
Max Frankl
72 Orchard Street
2022, CD, Album, Nwog Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John Stein
Lifeline
2022, 2xCD, Comp, Whaling City Sound, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Laszlo Gardony*
Close Connection
2022, CD, Album, Sunnyside
Alex Acuña
Gifts
2022, CD, Album, Le Coq Records (2),
Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach*, Veit Huebner*
Testaments - Duos And Trios (Richie Beirachs 75. Birthday Celebration)
2022, 3xCD, Album, O-tone Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Alternative Guitar Summit
Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1
2022, CD, HighNote Records, Inc.
Leon Lee Dorsey*
Cantaloupe Island
2022, CD, Album, JAZZAVENUE 1
Leon Dorsey
Thank You Mr. Mabern
2021, CD, Album, JAZZAVENUE 1
Franco Ambrosetti Band*
Lost Within You
2021, CD, Album, Unit Records (2), ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Jean-Jacques Rojer
Soko
2021, CD, Album, Sunnyside, ,
Latin Jazz
Charged Particles With Tod Dickow
Live At The Baked Potato! - Play The Music Of Michael Brecker
2021, CD, Album, Summit Records (3),
Leon Lee Dorsey*
Freedom Jazz Dance
2021, CD, Album, JAZZAVENUE 1
Olivier Le Goas & Reciprocity
On Ramp Of Heaven Dreams
2020, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Enders Room
Dear World / Hikikomori
2020, 2xCD, Album, Yellowbird Records
Rev. Gary Davis
Demons & Angels (The Music Of Rev. Gary Davis)
2020, 3xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Shawn Maxwell
Millstream
2020
Doug Carn And His West Coast Organ Band
Free For All
2019, CD, Album, Doodlin' Records
Jim Robitaille Group
A View From Within
2019, CD, Album, Whaling City Sound, ,
Post Bop
Bill Laurance, WDR Big Band*
Live At The Philharmonie Cologne
2019, ,
Fusion/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Marshall Gilkes, WDR Big Band*
Always Forward
2018, CD, Alternate Side Records, ,
Big Band
David Lord
Forest Standards Vol. 1
2018, LP, Album, Num, BIG EGO Records
Steve Khan
Public Access / Headline / Crossings
2018, 2xCD, Comp, RM, BGO Records, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Ted Piltzecker
Brindica
2018, CD, Album, ZOHO
Venture
Life Cycle
2018, CD, Ropeadope
Koch Marshall Trio
Toby Arrives
2018
Paulo Morello
Sambop
2018
CCM Jazz Orchestra Featuring Steven Bernstein
Nobody Does It Better - The CCDM Jazz Orchestra As James Bond
2017, CD, Album, Summit Records (3)
David Kikoski
Kayemode
2017, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz
Gil Spitzer
Falando Docemente
2017, CD, Zoho,
Jaco Pastorius
Truth, Liberty & Soul - Live In NYC The Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recordings
2017, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Marc Perrenoud
Hamra
2016, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Eric Hargett Trio Featuring Joey DeFrancesco & Gerry Gibbs
Steppin' Up
2016, CD, Whaling City Sound, ,
Bop/Jazz-Funk
Jung/Jung
Trio Recordings
2016, CD, Album, Unit Records (2)
Orrin Evans
#knowingishalfthebattle
2016, CD, Album, Smoke Sessions Records
Greg Murphy
Summer Breeze
2016, CD, Album, Whaling City Sound,
Mitch Haupers (2), Bob Mintzer, Alan Pasqua, Darek Oles, Peter Erskine
Invisible Cities (Original Jazz & Chamber Music)
2016, CD, Album, Liquid Harmony Music, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Contemporary/Modern/Opera
Sam Jones
Changes & Things
2016
Steps Ahead − Mike Mainieri, Bill Evans (3), Chuck Loeb, Tom Kennedy (2), Steve Smith (5), WDR Big Band Cologne* Arranged & Conducted By Michael Abene
Steppin' Out
2016, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Thr33's Company*
We'll Be Together Again
2016,
Charles McPherson
Live In Tokyo
2016, ,
Bop/Bossa Nova
Bob Berg
New Birth
2016
Dave Wilson Quartet
There Was Never
2015, CD, Album, ZOHO, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop
Animation
Machine Language
2015, ,
Jazz-Rock/Dub/Illbient
Kenny Barron, Mark Sherman
Interplay
2015
David Chesky & Jazz In The New Harmonic
Primal Scream
2015
Mark Weinstein
Latin Jazz Underground
2014, CD, Album, ZOHO
Howard Alden
Solo Guitar
2014, CD, Album, Sle, K2B2 Records
Vanessa Perea
Soulful Days
2014, CD, Album, Zoho, ,
Vocal
Ray Charles
Newport 1960
2014, ,
Soul-Jazz/Rhythm & Blues
Jaco Pastorius
Anthology (The Warner Bros. Years)
2014, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Jaco Pastorius
Modern American Music...Period! The Criteria Sessions
2014, ,
Fusion
Thelonious Monk
Newport '59
2013, LP, Album, 180, Concert Vault
Jake Hertzog, Randy Brecker, Victor Jones (2), Harvie S*
Throwback
2013, CD, Album, Zoho, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Stanley Jordan
Magic Touch ★ Standards Volume 1 ★ Flying Home
2012, 2xCD, Album, Comp, RM, BGO Records,
Randy Roos
Mistral
2012, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Wes Montgomery
Echoes Of Indiana Avenue
2012
Wycliffe Gordon
Dreams Of New Orleans
2012, ,
Ragtime/Dixieland
Sylvie Courvoisier - Mark Feldman Quartet
Hôtel Du Nord
2011, CD, Album, Intakt Records, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Kenny Werner
Balloons
2011, CD, Album, Half Note Records, Inc., ,
Contemporary Jazz
Donald Harrison
This Is Jazz
2011, CD, Album, Half Note Records, Inc.
Weather Report
Live In Berlin 1975
2011
Night Of Jazz Guitars
Night Of Jazz Guitars
2011,
Paul Heller, Michael Abene, John Goldsby, John Engels
Special Edition Vol. 1
2010, CD, Album, Mons Records,
Chad Coe With Peter Leitch
Sympatico
2010, CD, Album, Sympatico, ,
Bop
The Bickel/Marks Group With Dave Liebman*
The Bickel Marks Group With Dave Liebman
2010, CD, Album, ZOHO,
Joe Chambers
Horace To Max
2010
Oleg Kireyev*, Keith Javors
Rhyme & Reason
2010
John Hammond*
Rough & Tough
2010
Houston Person
Moment To Moment
2010
Grant Geissman
Cool Man Cool
2009, CD, Album, Futurism Records
Paul Meyers Featuring Helio Alves & Donny McCaslin
World On A String
2009, CD, Album, Miles High Records
Tony Lakatos | Frankfurt Radio Bigband*
Porgy & Bess
2009, 2xCD, Album, Skip Records (2), ,
Big Band
Joe Beck, Laura Theodore
Golden Earrings
2009, CD, Album, Whaling City Sound
Mike Stern
Big Neighborhood
2009, ,
Fusion
James Carter (3), John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers (2), Joey Baron
Heaven On Earth
2009, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Fay Claassen
Red, Hot & Blue: The Music Of Cole Porter
2008, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3),
Dave Pietro
The Chakra Suite
2008, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3)
Conrad Herwig
The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
2008, CD, Album, Half Note (2)
The Chico Hamilton Trio
Live @ Artpark
2008, CD, Album, Joyous Shout !, ,
Post Bop
Joel Harrison (2) featuring Nguyên Lê and David Binney
Harbor
2007, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc., ,
Contemporary Jazz
Pete Levin
Deacon Blues
2007, CD, Comp, Motéma,
Jeff Babko
Mondo Trio
2007, CD, Album, Abstract Logix,
Roni Ben-Hur
Keepin' It Open
2007, CD, Album, Motéma,
Jaco Pastorius
The Essential Jaco Pastorius
2007, ,
Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Fusion
Trio Of Doom, John McLaughlin • Jaco Pastorius • Tony Williams*
Trio Of Doom
2007
Various
Blistering Licks: Red-Hot Riffs From The Giants Of Jazz
2006, CD, Comp, Concord Jazz
Pete Zimmer Quintet Featuring George Garzone
Judgment
2006, CD, Album, Tippin' Records, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Miles Davis With Charlie Parker
Out Of Nowhere: The Rise Of Miles Davis
2006, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz, SLG, ,
Bop
Kenny Werner
Democracy (Live At The Blue Note)
2006, CD, Album, Half Note (2), ,
Post Bop
Grant Geissman
Say That!
2006, CD, Album, Futurism Records
Badi Assad
The Badi Assad Collection: The Best Of Badi
2006, CD, Comp, Chesky Records
Kenny Burrell
In A Mellow Tone (The Smooth Swing Of Kenny Burrell)
2006
Ahmad Mansour
Public Domain
2006
Ike Turner
Risin' With The Blues
2006
Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey, Lenny White
Traffic
2006
John Abercrombie / Eddie Gomez With Gene Jackson
Structures
2006, ,
Fusion
John Medeski
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast With John Medeski
2006
Mike Stern
Who Let The Cats Out?
2006
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Digs In: The Young Dexter Gordon
2005, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz
Dave Stryker
Big City
2005, CD, Album, Mel Bay Records
The Stryker / Slagle Band
Live At The Jazz Standard
2005, CD, Album, ZOHO, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Jim Cifelli
Groove Station
2005, CD, Album, Short Notice Music
Lester Young
Blue Lester (The One And Only Lester Young)
2005, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz, ,
Swing
Miles Davis
The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
2005
Miles Davis
A Tribute To Jack Johnson
2005, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Project Z
Lincoln Memorial
2005
Steve Smith (5), Dave Liebman*, Aydin Esen*, Anthony Jackson
Flashpoint
2005
James Carter Organ Trio With Special Guests Hamiet Bluiett, James "Blood" Ulmer*
Out Of Nowhere (Live At The Blue Note)
2005
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Detained At The Blue Note
2004, CD, Half Note (2), ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Eyges, Arthur Blythe, Abe Speller
Ace
2004, CD, Album, MidLantic Records
Vic Juris
Blue Horizon
2004, CD, Album, ZOHO
Greg Skaff
Ellington Boulevard
2004, CD, Album, Zoho
Pat Martino
Giants Of Jazz ~ Pat Martino
2004, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz
Steps Ahead
Steps Ahead
2004, ,
Post Bop/Fusion
Joey DeFrancesco
Plays Sinatra His Way
2004, ,
Swing
Rachel Z
Everlasting
2004, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Alice Coltrane
Translinear Light
2004, ,
Space-Age/Modal
Rick Peckham Trio
Left End
2004,
Mark Murphy
Timeless
2003, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz
David Hazeltine
Manhattan Autumn
2003, CD, Album, Sharp Nine Records, ,
Bop
Jim Payne
Sensei
2003, CD, Album, Savant
Fats Navarro
Timeless
2003, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz
Tom Teasley
Global Groovilization
2003, CD, T & T Music
Dexter Gordon
Timeless
2003, CD, Comp, Savoy Jazz, ,
Bop
Mildred Bailey
The Incomparable
2003, ,
Swing
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Timeless
2003, ,
Soul-Jazz/Bop
Claus Ogerman, Michael Brecker
Cityscape
2003,
Jaco Pastorius
Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology
2003
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
All Is One - Live In New York City
2002, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Records
Mika Pohjola
Landmark
2002, CD, Abovoice, Abovoice
Arthur Blythe
Focus
2002, CD, Album, Savant, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Dizzy Gillespie
Timeless
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz, ,
Bop
Avi Rothbard
Going Somewhere
2002, CD, Album, MidLantic Records
The Bruce Saunders Quartet*
Fragment
2002, 10xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Moo Records (4)
Dan Rose
Fountains
2002, CD, Album, MidLantic Records
Coleman Hawkins
Timeless
2002, ,
Swing
Joe Zawinul
Dialects
2002, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Fusion
David Eyges
The Captain
2002
Brian Bromberg
Jaco
2002, ,
Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz
Donald Byrd
Timeless
2002, ,
Hard Bop/Bop
Teddy Edwards
Ladies Man
2001, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc.
Cedar Walton
The Promise Land
2001, CD, Album, HighNote Records, Inc., ,
Bop/Post Bop
Gary Husband
The Things I See (Interpretations Of The Music Of Allan Holdsworth)
2001, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Plas Johnson / Red Holloway
Keep That Groove Going!
2001
Poncho Sanchez
Latin Spirits
2001
Frank Kimbrough
Noumena
2000, CD, Album, Soul Note, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Al Di Meola
Anthology
2000, ,
Jazz-Rock
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Birds Of Fire
2000
Hagans* / Belden*
Re-Animation Live!
2000
Vitaltechtones*, Scott Henderson (2), Steve Smith (5), Victor Wooten
VTT2
2000
Bob Berg, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers, Joey DeFrancesco
The JazzTimes Superband
2000, ,
Hard Bop
Tony Trischka Band
Bend
1999, CD, Album, Rounder Records
Tom Cohen
Diggin' In, Digging Out
1999, CD, Album, Double-Time Records, ,
Bop/Post Bop
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble*
Couldn't Stand The Weather
1999, ,
Blues Rock/Texas Blues
Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Lost Trident Sessions
1999, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Prog Rock
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble*
In Step
1999
Hagans*
Animation • Imagination
1999
The Ivo Perelman Trio*
Seeds, Vision And Counterpoint
1998, CD, Album, Leo Records
Idris Muhammad
Right Now
1998, CD, Album, Cannonball Records (2)
Dewey Redman
In London
1998, CD, Album, Palmetto Records
Pete McCann
Parable
1998, CD, Album, Palmetto Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Al Di Meola
The Infinite Desire
1998
The Ralph Peterson Fo'tet
The Fo'tet Plays Monk
1997, CD, Album, Evidence (5)
Various
Breaking The Barriers Of World Music
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Smplr, CMP Records, ,
Art Rock/Avantgarde/Ambient
Houston Person
The Opening Round
1997, CD, Album, Savant
Peter Leitch
Up Front
1997, CD, Album, Reservoir (2)
Al Di Meola / John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia*
Friday Night In San Francisco
1997
Pat Martino
All Sides Now
1997
Bill Bruford With Ralph Towner And Eddie Gomez
If Summer Had Its Ghosts
1997
Paul Bollenback, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff "Tain" Watts
Double Gemini
1997, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Andrei Codrescu - Mark Bingham
Valley Of Christmas
1996, CD, Album, Gert Town Records, ,
Art Rock/Spoken Word/Experimental
Carlos Garnett
Resurgence
1996, CD, Album, Muse Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dave Stryker
Blue To The Bone
1996, CD, Album, SteepleChase
Satoshi Inoue
Plays Satoshi
1996, CD, Album, Paddle Wheel
John Simon Trio Featuring Don Patterson
Legacy
1996, CD, Album, Muse Records,
Scott Colley
Portable Universe
1996, CD, Album, Free Lance
Peter Leitch, Heiner Franz
At First Sight
1996, CD, Album, Jardis,
Marc Copland Quartet
Second Look
1996, CD, Album, Savoy Jazz
Rodney Jones
The "X" Field
1996, CD, Album, MusicMasters Jazz, ,
Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz
Steve Morse Band
StressFest
1996
Wes Montgomery
Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz
1996, ,
Bop/Acid Jazz
Arthur Rhames Trio
Live From Soundscape
1995, CD, Album, DIW, ,
Modal
Akio Sasajima And Ron Carter
Akioustically Sound
1995, CD, Album, Muse Records, ,
Bop/Post Bop/Bossa Nova
James Blood Ulmer
Odyssey
1995
Paul Bollenback
Original Visions
1995, ,
Contemporary Jazz
John Lindberg
Quartet Afterstorm
1994, CD, Album, Black Saint, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Debbie Davies
Loose Tonight
1994, CD, Album, Blind Pig Records, ,
Modern Electric Blues
The Enja Band
Live At Sweet Basil
1994, CD, Album, Enja Records, ,
Post Bop/Free Jazz
Bill Connors
Assembler
1994
Steve Khan
The Collection
1994, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
The Man
1994, ,
Texas Blues/Louisiana Blues
Gene Aitken Directs UNC Jazz Lab Band I
Alive XIII: My Favorite Things
1993, CD, Album, United Jazz Artists
Miles Davis
On The Corner
1993
Henry Johnson
New Beginnings
1993
Johnny Copeland
Catch Up With The Blues
1993, ,
Texas Blues
Joe Henderson
So Near, So Far (Musings For Miles)
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Michael Zilber
Stranger In Brooklyn
1992
The Bob Belden Ensemble
Straight To My Heart • The Music Of Sting
1992
Dreams
Dreams
1992
Ahmad Mansour, Donny McCaslin, Terje Gewelt, Ian Froman
Oxiana
1991, CD, Album, Timeless Records (3)
Charles Fambrough
The Proper Angle
1991
Al Di Meola
Elegant Gypsy
1991
Al Di Meola
Land Of The Midnight Sun
1991
Al Di Meola
Casino
1991, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz
The Al Di Meola Project*
Kiss My Axe
1991
Al Di Meola
World Sinfonia
1991, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Tango/Latin Jazz
Weather Report
Weather Report
1991
Weather Report
Heavy Weather
1991
Weather Report
Mr. Gone
1991
Chroma
Music On The Edge
1991, ,
Fusion/Jazz-Rock
Peter Leitch
Trio / Quartet '91
1991
Al Di Meola
Tour De Force - "Live"
1991
Al Di Meola
Electric Rendezvous
1991
Brian Lynch Quintet
Back Room Blues
1990, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz
Larry Coryell With John Scofield And Joe Beck
Tributaries
1990
Wayne Shorter Featuring Milton Nascimento
Native Dancer
1990
John Scofield
Who's Who?
1990, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Leni Stern
Closer To The Light
1990,
Michael Formanek
Wide Open Spaces
1990
Al Di Meola
Splendido Hotel
1990
David Eyges & Byard Lancaster
Lightnin' Strikes!
1989, CD, Album, Black And Blue, ,
Post Bop
Bill Evans
Summertime
1989
Machine Gun
Open Fire
1989, ,
Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Harold Danko
The First Love Song
1988, ,
Post Bop
Marc Wagnon
Shadowlines
1988, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Michael Zilber
The Heretic
1988,
Larry Willis
My Funny Valentine
1988, ,
Post Bop
Mark Soskin
Overjoyed
1988
Eliane Elias
Illusions
1987, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz
Bireli Lagrene*
Inferno
1987, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Kelvynator
Funk It Up
1986, LP, Album, Blue Heron Records, Blue Heron Records, ,
Jazz-Funk
Dan Krimm
Sentience
1986, LP, Overtone Records (2)
Jonathan Butler
Introducing Jonathan Butler
1986
Oliver Lake And Jump Up
Dancevision
1986
Stanley Jordan
Magic Touch
1985
The New York Jazz Guitar Ensemble
4 On 6 X 5
1985,
Bill Barron
Variations In Blue
1983, ,
Post Bop
Electric Masada
Earshot Jazz 2002 (2)
2020, 2xCDr, Unofficial, OMX,
Steps Ahead / WDR Big Band Cologne*
Steppin' Out
2016, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Mike Stern
Who Let The Cats Out?
2006
Tunnels
Progressivity
2002, ,
Jazz-Rock/Fusion
Al Di Meola
Anthology
2000, ,
Jazz-Rock
Bob Berg, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers, Joey DeFrancesco
The JazzTimes Superband
2000
Mike Mainieri Presents Various
Come Together: Guitar Tribute To The Beatles Vol. 2
1999, ,
Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Prog Rock
Clarence Gatemouth Brown*
The Man
1998
Bill Bruford With Ralph Towner And Eddie Gomez
If Summer Had Its Ghosts
1997,
James Carter (3), John Medeski, Christian McBride, Adam Rogers (2), Joey Baron
Heaven On Earth
,
Contemporary Jazz
Trio Of Doom, John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams*
Trio Of Doom
,
Fusion