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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: free jazz

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

Sam Rivers

Sam Rivers Waves

Waves, 1979.

Posted on March 29, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags free jazz, improvisation, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, sam rivers, 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

Ornette Coleman

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Love Call, 1971.

Posted on March 23, 2023March 23, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags dewey redman, Elvin Jones, free jazz, improvisation, jazz, jimmy garrison, listening, new york city, ornette coleman, record a day 2023, records, united states

Julius Hemphill

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Raw Materials and Residuals, 1978.

Format ImagePosted on March 21, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags abdul wadud, don moye, free jazz, improvisation, jazz, julius hemphill, listening, music, NYC, record a day 2023, records

Dewey Redman

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Look for the Black Star, 1975.

Posted on March 18, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags dewey redman, free jazz, jazz, listening, music, NYC, record a day 2023, records, united states

Juju

Juju Message from Mozambique

A Message from Mozambique, 1973.

Posted on March 14, 2023March 14, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags free jazz, improvisation, inspiring rhythms, juju, listening, record a day 2023, records

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

Mali Obomsawin

Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth, 2022.

Posted on March 12, 2023March 12, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags free jazz, improvisation, jazz, listening, music, odanak first nation, out of your head records, record a day 2023, records

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