Michael Wilkinson
@mwmathsci.bsky.social
STEM educator and curriculum developer.
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Jazz, Science, Math, Tennis, Coffee, Cocktails
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Jazz, Science, Math, Tennis, Coffee, Cocktails
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Monk “Palo Alto” Impulse 2020 release of 1968 live concert recording. Promoted by 17 year old Danny Scher and recorded by unnamed school janitor. This is honestly one of the best Monk performances with Charlie Rouse (tenor), Larry Gales (bass), and Ben Riley (drums)
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Monk “Palo Alto” Impulse 2020 release of 1968 live concert recording. Promoted by 17 year old Danny Scher and recorded by unnamed school janitor. This is honestly one of the best Monk performances with Charlie Rouse (tenor), Larry Gales (bass), and Ben Riley (drums)
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Kamasi Washington “Heaven and Earth” 2018 Young Turks Recording
“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” —KW
“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” —KW
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
#nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl Kamasi Washington “Heaven and Earth” 2018 Young Turks Recording
“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” —KW
“The world that my mind lives in, lives in my mind.” —KW
#NowSpinning #JazzSky “Live in Cuba” 4-disc box set from Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis 2015 Blue Engineering Records
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#NowSpinning #JazzSky “Live in Cuba” 4-disc box set from Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis 2015 Blue Engineering Records
#NoKings March with @laurenalloyce.bsky.social NYC
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#NoKings March with @laurenalloyce.bsky.social NYC
Our nearest star today! Lots of active regions to observe. Setting up an observing session for my 4th graders. #Astronomy
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Our nearest star today! Lots of active regions to observe. Setting up an observing session for my 4th graders. #Astronomy
A little classic funk this evening… Kool & The Gang 1975 De-Lite release, “Spirit of the Boogie”
K&TG’s jazz roots really come through on this one.
#jazzsky
K&TG’s jazz roots really come through on this one.
#jazzsky
September 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A little classic funk this evening… Kool & The Gang 1975 De-Lite release, “Spirit of the Boogie”
K&TG’s jazz roots really come through on this one.
#jazzsky
K&TG’s jazz roots really come through on this one.
#jazzsky
International Observe the Moon night is Oct 4. Take a moment to look for our Moon this weekend. By 17:00 local time, the Moon should by well above your southeastern horizon.
September 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
International Observe the Moon night is Oct 4. Take a moment to look for our Moon this weekend. By 17:00 local time, the Moon should by well above your southeastern horizon.
Happy National Coffee Day!
September 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Happy National Coffee Day!
“One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.” — John Coltrane #Coltrane99 #jazzsky photo by Chuck Stewart May 1965
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“One positive thought produces millions of positive vibrations.” — John Coltrane #Coltrane99 #jazzsky photo by Chuck Stewart May 1965
Stanley Cowell “Musa - Ancestral Streams“ Mack Avenue reissue of the 1974 Strata-East recording
Cowell was co-founder of Strata-East
This is a must have for any #jazzsky piano fans.
Cowell was co-founder of Strata-East
This is a must have for any #jazzsky piano fans.
September 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Stanley Cowell “Musa - Ancestral Streams“ Mack Avenue reissue of the 1974 Strata-East recording
Cowell was co-founder of Strata-East
This is a must have for any #jazzsky piano fans.
Cowell was co-founder of Strata-East
This is a must have for any #jazzsky piano fans.
Montclair Jazz Festval 2025
Jazz House Kids
@mcbridesworld.bsky.social and Ursa Major #jazzsky
A beautiful afternoon for some new licks! (They head into studio for a new album!)
Jazz House Kids
@mcbridesworld.bsky.social and Ursa Major #jazzsky
A beautiful afternoon for some new licks! (They head into studio for a new album!)
September 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Montclair Jazz Festval 2025
Jazz House Kids
@mcbridesworld.bsky.social and Ursa Major #jazzsky
A beautiful afternoon for some new licks! (They head into studio for a new album!)
Jazz House Kids
@mcbridesworld.bsky.social and Ursa Major #jazzsky
A beautiful afternoon for some new licks! (They head into studio for a new album!)
“Jazz I regard as an American folk music, not the only one but a very beautiful one which is in the blood and feeling of the American people.” — George Gershwin (from Miles Davis Gil Evans “Porgy & Bess” liner notes) Columbia 1958 #jazzsky
September 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Jazz I regard as an American folk music, not the only one but a very beautiful one which is in the blood and feeling of the American people.” — George Gershwin (from Miles Davis Gil Evans “Porgy & Bess” liner notes) Columbia 1958 #jazzsky
September 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Check the threads!
Tommy Bolin, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Jerry Peters, and Henry Davis
Tommy Bolin, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Jerry Peters, and Henry Davis
September 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Check the threads!
Tommy Bolin, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Jerry Peters, and Henry Davis
Tommy Bolin, Jay Graydon, Lee Ritenour, Jerry Peters, and Henry Davis
Basia “Time and Tide” 1987 Epic
Probably haven’t listened to this album in easily 25 yrs. She has one of those voices that just makes me smile. #jazzsky
Probably haven’t listened to this album in easily 25 yrs. She has one of those voices that just makes me smile. #jazzsky
September 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Basia “Time and Tide” 1987 Epic
Probably haven’t listened to this album in easily 25 yrs. She has one of those voices that just makes me smile. #jazzsky
Probably haven’t listened to this album in easily 25 yrs. She has one of those voices that just makes me smile. #jazzsky
A pair of #HoneyDeuce while we watch the #usopen at home.
September 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A pair of #HoneyDeuce while we watch the #usopen at home.
Missing this view already.
September 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Missing this view already.