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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.

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Poetry

The Cultural Society (2001-present)

Among Other Things (2005)

Looking Up (2010)

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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: inspiring rhythms

Various Artists

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Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960’s – Mambo, Descarga, Boogaloo, Latin Jazz, 2000.

Posted on April 12, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags inspiring rhythms, listening, music, new york city, nuyorican, NYC, record a day 2023, records, united states

Various Artists

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Gipsy Rhumba: The Original Rhythm of Gipsy Rhumba in Spain 1965–74, 2014.

Posted on April 12, 2023April 23, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags inspiring rhythms, listening, music, records, rhumba, soul jazz records, spain

Various Artists

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Spirit of Malombo: Malombo Jazz Makers, Jabula and Jazz Afrika 1966–1984, 2014.

Posted on April 12, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags compilation, inspiring rhythms, listening, Malombo, music, record a day 2023, records, soul jazz records, south africa

Don Cherry

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Organic Music Society, 2012.

Posted on April 5, 2023April 9, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags don cherry, inspiration, inspiring rhythms, listening, music, record a day 2023, records, Sweden

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 Blakey and His Jazz Messengers with Sabu

Cu-bop, 1958.

Posted on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags art blakey, bop, inspiring rhythms, jazz, listening, NYC, record a day 2023, records, sabu martinez, united states

Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70


Expensive Shit, 1975.

Posted on February 18, 2023February 18, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags africa 70, fela ransome kuti, inspiring rhythms, lagos, listening, music, nigeria, record a day 2023, records

Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble


Heliopolis, 1970.

Posted on February 18, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags cairo free jazz ensemble, egypt, inspiring rhythms, listening, music, record a day 2023, records

Pamela’s Holiday

I’ve written about this one elsewhere, but doing some editing in the archives brought me back to this delightful number.

Format AudioPosted on February 17, 2023Categories listening, musicTags inspiring rhythms, jazz, listening, music, wendell harrison

A Message From Mozambique

Format AudioPosted on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023Categories listening, musicTags creative music, free jazz, improvisation, inspiring rhythms, juju, Spiritual jazz, strata-east

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