Three Wishes

Lammar Wright told the Baroness his three wishes were:

1. “Complete mastery over my instrument.”
2. “To have a contented life.”
3. “That music would really become a musical language.”

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

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Three Wishes

Lou Donaldson replied to NIca with one simple answer:

1. “I have asthma a bit. I’d like to get rid of that. I can’t think of anything else.”

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

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Three Wishes

The Baroness asked Clifford Jordan of his three wishes and he said:

1. “I think I’d like to be you asking me that question.”
2. “I wish I was on intermission.”
3. “I wish to be a success.”

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

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Three Wishes

Blue Mitchell told Pannonica only two of the three wishes to her question were:

1. “That I can play simply and understandably, and know what I doing musically.”
2. “To have enough to live comfortably. Sorry, Nica, but this cat’s waiting for me.”

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

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Three Wishes

Replying to the Baroness’s inquiry of three wishes Hank Jones only had one:

1. “To be the top, the greatest in the world on my instrument.”

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

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