Bob Maruca

Care about public policy, economics, higher education, jazz, West African music, and Hoya basketball.

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

This is a thread about cicadas in Nabokov’s Pale Fire and the clues that cicadas give us about the location of New Wye, Appalachia – the setting of Pale Fire. (1/16)

[Christian McBride @mcbridesworld]

My Sonny Rollins story seems unlikely, but it happened. https://t.co/EpBTU6mBi6

[Eugene Holley, Jr. @eugeneholley]

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms, its humor, its music. How ironic that the Negro, …is being persecuted and repressed,” Sonny Rollins, from his 1958 masterpiece LP, Freedom Suite, with Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach.” #BlackMusicMonth

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@MattZeitlin Sonny Rollins was great for six or seven decades. Roy Haynes was too.

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@brecht_dp Because it’s the story of Johnny Rotten and also not his story

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@PaulOPinion Betty Carter is rolling over in her grave!

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@davereaboi I think his tone, melodic logic, and rhythm are all pretty accessible. Sometimes, I think he is underestimated like Spielberg or McCartney because he is so accessibly entertaining that it easy to overlook his originality/artistic innovation.

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@PodManifesto Freedom Suite was an early jazz manifesto: Sonny: “America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music. How ironic that the Negro, who has done so much to mold America’s culture, should be denied his basic rights as a human being.”

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@PodManifesto Too many to choose, but I think To a Wild Rose is a great version of a beautiful song. A Night at the Village Vanguard is a great album.

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@PodManifesto This week, it is hard to listen to a podcast on The Sovereignty of the Good and how”the beauty and the good are ultimately one” without thinking about Sonny Rollins.

[Vernon Reid @vurnt22]

This would have been great to do while Sonny was still here.@RollinsBridge has been dedicated to honoring Mr. Rollins for nearly a decade & deserves kudos and support for this worthy goal. Sonny Rollins elevated ALL of us in his relentless pursuit of excellence, not just himself

[Sonny Rollins Bridge @RollinsBridge]

In 2017, this project began with the goal of honoring the colossal Sonny Rollins during his lifetime. As we mourn the news of his passing, we find new urgency in the movement to rename the Williamsburg Bridge the

SONNY ROLLINS BRIDGE

Please ✍️ & share

https://t.co/yDpsWmCACC

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@ShaneParishGtr Nice!!

[greg davis @gregdavismusic]

.@NYCMayor please rename the williamsburg bridge, the sonny rollins bridge. RT and share

[Aidan Levy @aidan_levy]

I've been working on this book for the past seven years. It has been the honor of my professional life. It's a long one, but I think Sonny Rollins deserves the thick spine. Link to pre-order in the comments.

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@LimedIBagels And Sweet Leilani from 1999 https://t.co/lKiv8hijGQ

[Bob Maruca @BobMaruca]

@mcbridesworld Loved seeing you play "Some Enchanted Evening" with him at Carnegie Hall. What a great privilege it was to be there and to be able to see him play.

[otomo yoshihide 大友良英 @otomojamjam]

本当に本当に本当に大好きなソニー・ロリンズの訃報。彼の音楽にどれだけ救われてきたか、言葉に出来ません。心からの感謝を。素晴らしい音楽をありがとうございました。

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Sonny Rollins, the jazz legend dubbed the Saxophone Colossus who redefined the language of the genre with his inimitable improvisational skills, has died at age 95. https://t.co/iLaRLMFkIG

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

Let’s rename the Williamsburg Bridge after Sonny Rollins