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Brooklyn Diasporism

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

  • Press
  • New Freedom Sound
  • Jawbox
  • BELLS≥
  • Camorra
  • The Up On In
  • E. Fowlkes Sextet
  • Bright Christ
  • Drew O’Doherty
  • Imaginary Johnny

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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.

  • around the web
  • art
  • books
  • clap for sync
  • culture
  • day’s plays
  • drumming
  • film
  • listening
  • micropost
  • mornings
  • music
  • old blog
  • photographs
  • poetry
  • reading
  • reading list
  • record a day 2023
  • time machine
  • writing

Tag: new york city

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

John Coltrane

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“Live” at the Village Vanguard, 1962.

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags jazz, john coltrane, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, saxophone, Spiritual jazz, united states, village vanguard

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

Cecil Brooks III

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The Collective, 1989.

Posted on March 23, 2023March 23, 2023Categories art, culture, music, record a day 2023Tags cecil brooks iii, geri allen, greg osby, improvisation, jazz, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, united states

Alan Braufman

Live in New York City February 8, 1975, 2021.

Posted on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags alan braufman, cooper-moore, creative music, free jazz, new york city, Spiritual jazz, united states, william parker

Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society

Father of Origin, 2011.

Posted on January 18, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags abdul wadud, creative music, free jazz, improvisation, julius hemphill, juma sultan, new york city, record a day 2023, united states

Guggenheim

Format ImagePosted on October 31, 2022November 1, 2022Categories photographsTags 35mm, art, color, Fujifilm, Fujinon, guggenheim, new york city, photography

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