Once again, I couldn't just pick ten!

Through the month of December, Jaco's birthday month, I'm cutting 40% off the retail price of my Jaco biography: www.billmilkowski.com/product-page...

Jaco would've turned 74 today. Who loves ya, Jaco!

The late guitar great Russell Malone would've turned 62. Read this Before & After session I did with him in 2011 for JazzTimes: bit.ly/3WLRkQE

Still thinking about Jack, who passed away last Monday. wix.to/vldPIz6 #Jazz #Legend

Here's 12 new recordings I highly recommend.

On the occasion of his 64th birthday (yesterday), I look back at interviews I did with maestro Marsalis in 2000 and 2007.

Here's to Big Chief John Sinclair, who would've turned 84 today (from my 2023 Substack column): billmilkowski.substack.com/p/a-salute-t...

Who loves ya, Jaco! (Dec. 1, 1951 -- Sept. 21, 1987)

"Anyone who ever bent a string and squeezed all the juice out of the note, as Carlos Santana once put it to me, owes a huge debt to the King of the Blues." My tribute to B.B. King contains tons of YouTube clips of selected performances from over the years. What a rich contribution he made.

Legendary saxophonist Dave Liebman turned 79 last week. All the best, Lieb!

Here's my appreciation of the iconic saxophonist, prolific recording artist and educator Dave Liebman, who turns 79 today. bit.ly/3HX8Bmg

Pat would've turned 77 today. #patmartino #jazzguitar

Remembering the guitar great on what would've been his 79th birthday. open.substack.com/pub/billmilk...

Thinking of the Great Sheila Jordan Today open.substack.com/pub/billmilk...

To commemorate Al Di Meola's 71st birthday yesterday, I have compiled some reminiscences of my various encounters with the guitar hero over the years:

Happy to revisit all the ebullient characters in my book "Swing It! An Annotated History of Jive" www.billmilkowski.com/post/cat-fat...

Iconic jazz bassist Ron Carter turned 88 last Sunday. This was the perfect opportunity to pull out two interviews I had done with maestro Carter -- one from 1988, the other from 2022 -- and augment the original text with YouTube clips to illustrate the points we're covering.

On Duke Elliington's 126th anniversary today, I look back at an interview I did with producer Alan Douglas about the notorious 'Money Jungle' session he did with Charles Mingus and Max Roach in 1962. #dukeellington #charlesmingus #maxroach billmilkowski.substack.com/p/a-salute-t...

billmilkowski.substack.com/p/fond-memor... Marking the day five years ago that the alto sax great passed from complications due to COVID.

Here's my centennial tribute to sax great James Moody, whose many collaborations with Dizzy Gillespie along with his "Moody's Mood for Love" remain part of jazz lore: www.billmilkowski.com/post/remembe...

Remembering the great saxophonist-flutist and scat singer extraordinaire, James Moody, on his centennial. Check out my Substack column: bit.ly/4iKP31C

Here's 12 new CDs by up and coming jazz artists that come highly recommended (by me): bit.ly/4bFKBi0

Here's Part II of my tribute to the late keyboardist Delmar Brown, who played with Jaco Pastorius, Pat Martino, Sting and many others. It includes a transcription of an interview I did with him back in 1987 for a Downbeat profile. bit.ly/3DgIy72

Remembering the late, great keyboardist-singer and hilarious figure on the '80s NYC scene who would've turned 71 last week. #jacopastorious #sting #patmartino #gilevans www.billmilkowski.com/post/who-lov...