Eric Smith
@edoctorsmith.bsky.social
“Have Zendrum, will travel…”
I'm excited to be the guest lecturer as part of Music Wings' "Music Matters" series on Friday, May 2 at 6pm! Admission is free, however space is limited, so contact Music Wings if you wish to attend. See you out there! www.musicwings.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'm excited to be the guest lecturer as part of Music Wings' "Music Matters" series on Friday, May 2 at 6pm! Admission is free, however space is limited, so contact Music Wings if you wish to attend. See you out there! www.musicwings.org
"Turning Diesel Green" was a documentary film we made last year about the biodiesel movement in California and the amazing pioneers that made it happen. Happy Earth Day! turningdieselgreen.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Turning Diesel Green" was a documentary film we made last year about the biodiesel movement in California and the amazing pioneers that made it happen. Happy Earth Day! turningdieselgreen.com
Today’s “Throwback Thursday” photo from 2015 remembers the late, great bassist Victor Bailey on his birthday. This memorable moment is from his performance with the late Larry Coryell and Lenny White at Yoshi’s in San Francisco…❤️
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today’s “Throwback Thursday” photo from 2015 remembers the late, great bassist Victor Bailey on his birthday. This memorable moment is from his performance with the late Larry Coryell and Lenny White at Yoshi’s in San Francisco…❤️
We’ve got to continue the fight, because Justice… Matters!! @glennkirschner.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We’ve got to continue the fight, because Justice… Matters!! @glennkirschner.bsky.social
After a week of political craziness, I am truly ready for today’s session featuring the music of Claude Bolling! #suiteforfluteandpianojazz
March 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
After a week of political craziness, I am truly ready for today’s session featuring the music of Claude Bolling! #suiteforfluteandpianojazz
"Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service."
March 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is crumbling, Ukraine risks being abandoned, Russia strengthened. Washington has become the court of Nero, a fiery emperor, submissive courtiers and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service."
February 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” - Michael Jordan #BlackHistoryMonth
February 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” - Michael Jordan #BlackHistoryMonth
"I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is." - Quincy Jones #BlackHistoryMonth
February 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is." - Quincy Jones #BlackHistoryMonth
"Poverty is terror. Having your Social Security threatened is terror. Having your livelihood as an elderly person slowly disappearing with no replenishment is terror." - Harry Belafonte #BlackHistoryMonth
February 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Poverty is terror. Having your Social Security threatened is terror. Having your livelihood as an elderly person slowly disappearing with no replenishment is terror." - Harry Belafonte #BlackHistoryMonth
“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” - Richard Wright #BlackHistoryMonth
February 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.” - Richard Wright #BlackHistoryMonth
“Every storm runs out of rain.” - Maya Angelou #BlackHistoryMonth
February 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Every storm runs out of rain.” - Maya Angelou #BlackHistoryMonth
“It's up to the person who's being creative to find ways to emerge and shake up the world of wealth.” - Wayne Shorter #BlackHistoryMonth
February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“It's up to the person who's being creative to find ways to emerge and shake up the world of wealth.” - Wayne Shorter #BlackHistoryMonth
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama #BlackHistoryMonth
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” - Barack Obama #BlackHistoryMonth
“What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.” - Stevie Wonder #BlackHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.” - Stevie Wonder #BlackHistoryMonth
Settling in to review the second season of "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" which debuts on PBS on Sunday, March 23rd. Starring Mark Ryland and Damian Lewis, it recounts the final chapters in the lives of Thomas Cromwell and England's King Henry the VIII.
February 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Settling in to review the second season of "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" which debuts on PBS on Sunday, March 23rd. Starring Mark Ryland and Damian Lewis, it recounts the final chapters in the lives of Thomas Cromwell and England's King Henry the VIII.
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” - Thurgood Marshall #BlackHistoryMonth
February 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” - Thurgood Marshall #BlackHistoryMonth
“When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.” - John Coltrane #BlackHistoryMonth
February 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something good for people, to help humanity free itself from its hang-ups.” - John Coltrane #BlackHistoryMonth
“I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.” - Matthew Henson #BlackHistoryMonth
February 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.” - Matthew Henson #BlackHistoryMonth
Fantastic gig tonight with the Breslow Smith Quartet! We truly enjoyed celebrating Black History Month at Alpine Meadows! Thanks again to Ben Martin and the Tahoe Truckee School of Music for putting this together, the staff at Palisades, and the amazing Tim High for providing us with superb sound!
February 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Fantastic gig tonight with the Breslow Smith Quartet! We truly enjoyed celebrating Black History Month at Alpine Meadows! Thanks again to Ben Martin and the Tahoe Truckee School of Music for putting this together, the staff at Palisades, and the amazing Tim High for providing us with superb sound!
“What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.” - Angela Davis #BlackHistoryMonth
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.” - Angela Davis #BlackHistoryMonth
“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.” - Miles Davis #BlackHistoryMonth
February 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.” - Miles Davis #BlackHistoryMonth
“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.” - Nelson Mandela #BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.” - Nelson Mandela #BlackHistoryMonth
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” - Toni Morrison #BlackHistoryMonth
February 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” - Toni Morrison #BlackHistoryMonth
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass #BlackHistoryMonth
February 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” - Frederick Douglass #BlackHistoryMonth