Three Wishes

When Ed Thigpen was approached by Nica and asked what his three wishes would be if given he told her:

1. “That there would be love amongst all people in the world~complete, you understand.”
2. “That I always keep my family happy. You know, my wife. It would be nice to say “in sickness and in health.”
3. “I’d like to be a master, or a complete musician. Know music completely, inside out.”

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

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Three Wishes

Queried by Pannonica as to what, if given, would be his three wishes and Illinois Jacquet told her:

1. “That people would become civilized.”
2. “That the whole world would believe in God.”
3. “That everyone would dig music.”

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

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Three Wishes

Inquisitive as the Baroness was when she asked Eddie Jones what his three wishes were he told her:

  1. “I would wish for better health for my daughter. That is really my only wish.”
  2. “Well, maybe there is one other: more willpower.”

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

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The answer that Billy Strayhorn gave Pannonica when she asked him what his three wishes would be, if given, was:

1. “I would wish that music would become ever more beautiful than it is, and that I would be able to listen to it forever, and write it forever.”

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

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Frank Foster replied to the question the Baroness posed of his three wishes by telling her:

1. “Enlightenment! You know what I mean when I say that?”
2. “The absolute love of one person.”
3. “To see the whole world.”

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

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