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Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist

I’m Zach Barocas. I’m a drummer (I play Ludwig Drums), sometime poet (though not lately — see below for links), a publisher, a somewhat cranky cinephile, an amateur photographer, and a stationery shop owner in Brooklyn, New York City.

Measure Twice

Kimberley’s and my
stationery shop.

Poetry

The Cultural Society (2001-present)

Among Other Things (2005)

Looking Up (2010)

drumming

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Mostly Mornings

A tumblr blog of photographs spanning several years, taken mostly and eventually only in the morning, and eventually mostly from the same position of the same tree. I abandoned the project in 2018.

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Tag: creative music

Zoh Amba

O Life, O Light Vol. 1

O Life, O Light Vol. 1, 2022.

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, free jazz, improvisation, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, Spiritual jazz

Creative Arts Ensemble

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One Step Out, 1981.

Posted on April 17, 2023April 17, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, improvisation, listening, Los Angeles, music, record a day 2023, records, Spiritual jazz, united states

Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe

Duo Exchange

Duo Exchange: Complete Sessions, 2019.

Posted on March 26, 2023March 28, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, frank lowe, free jazz, improvisation, listening, loft jazz, new york city, rashied ali, record a day 2023, records, united states

Anthony Braxton

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Saxophone Improvisations Series F, 1972.

Posted on March 23, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags anthony braxton, creative music, free jazz, great black music, improvisation, inspiration, jazz, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, united states

Leo Smith

Leo Smith Spirit Catcher

Spirit Catcher, 1979.

Posted on March 16, 2023March 16, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags chicago, creative music, improvisation, listening, music, nessa records, record a day 2023, records, united states, wadada leo smith

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Art Ensemble of Chicago Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun, 1974.

Posted on March 14, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags art ensemble of chicago, chicago, creative music, free jazz, great black music, improvisation, inspiration, listening, music, record a day 2023, records

Revolutionary Ensemble

Vietnam 1 & 2 (At the Peace Church), 1972.

Posted on March 3, 2023March 3, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, free jazz, improvisation, inspiration, Jerome Cooper, leroy jenkins, listening, music, NYC, record a day 2023, records, Revolutionary ensemble, sirone

Alabaster DePlume


To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol 1, 2020.

Posted on March 1, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags Alabaster DePlume, creative music, international anthem, jazz, listening, music, record a day 2023, records, united kingdom

Joseph Jarman


Song for…, 1967.

Posted on February 28, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags art ensemble of chicago, chicago, creative music, free jazz, improvisation, joseph jarman, listening, record a day 2023, records

Jerome Cooper


The Unpredictability of Predictability, 1979.

Posted on February 27, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, improvisation, Jerome Cooper, listening, music, NYC, record a day 2023, records, united states

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