Three Wishes

Nica never missed a chance to travel and while in conversation with Jimmy Rushing she asked if he was given three wishes that would be granted what would they be and he said:  

1. “I’m doing one of my wishes right now! Being in Japan.”
2. “If I had my life to live over, I wouldn’t mind. I’ve always enjoyed every part of it.”
3. “One thing I’d like to see is colored shows come back like it used to be in the twenties. Like Cotton Club days ~ entertainers going from table to table! And I’d like to see colored shows on TV, at the right times: not too early or too late. To see a complete show and band, and see the reactions of young people.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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