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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Three Wishes

Whenever the the ladies got together Pannonica would always make it a point to ask them what their three wishes would be and this time Terri Thornton told her:  

1. “There would be only one: To get closer to myself. And that means to get closer to God. And that way all wishes will come true.”

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

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Three Wishes

When the Baroness asked Jimmy Jones if he had the opportunity to get three wishes granted what would they be he responded with:  

1. “I’d like to be a better musician.”
2. “Communicate my music.”
3. “To hit a golf ball straight.”

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

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Three Wishes

When the subject of three wishes was broached, Willie Ruff told Nica he had only one that he would like to be granted and that was:  

1. 1. “I wouldn’t have three wishes. I would only have one and that’s to be forty. Because by then I will have everything I need.”

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

Willie Ruff: September 1, 1931 | French Horn, Double Bass

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Three Wishes

What Johnny Mathis responded to the question posed by Baroness Pannonica was one word answers as to his three wishes: 

1. 1. “Love.”

   2. “Kindness.”

   3. “Tactfulness.

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

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