Three Wishes

Inquiring about his three wishes by the Baroness Pannonicathe responses from Chris Anderson were:

  1. “To be situated so that I have nothing whatever to worry about but music for a while.”
  2. “All the best for the rest of the world – just the way they want it.”
  3. “To find love. To get ahold of the music. All this is really one and the same thing.”

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

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Three Wishes

Nica asked Eugene Wright his three wishes only to get this response:

  1. “Can you name me a prophet or philosopher who wrote a great book overnight? It is impossible for me to answer this question.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”

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Three Wishes

Herbie Nichols was approached by Nica to find out his three wishes and they were:

  1. “To attain power enough to avert major wars.”
  2. “To straighten out my personal self, so as to express my art fully.”
  3. “If I had power enough I would make it clear that “civilization” does not necessarily mean living a frustrated life. There are solutions to all these things. Life can be beautiful.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”

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Three Wishes

When Pannonica queried Bob Brookmeyer as to his three wishes, his reply was:

  1. “A thousand.”
  2. “A million.”
  3. “A trillion! And peace for the world. But that’s impossible.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”

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Arthur Taylor told Pannonica his three wishes were:

  1. “That Charlie Parker was alive.”
  2. “That Bud Powell was in town, playing like he used to. No, just playing any way!”
  3. “Money.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”

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