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Bill Milkowski interview part 2 -- with Rick Mitchell and Howard Mandel, reminiscing

November 27, 2023 • The Jazz Journalists Association

Veteran jazz journalists Bill Milkowski, Rick Mitchell and Howard Mandel talk about the first records they bought with their own $ -- decades back -- and how rock played a part in their early listening. Memories! The Buzz editor the Wiz said, unsolicited, "This one was very fun to listen to."

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