Three Wishes

Baroness de Koenigswarter presented Eddie Thompson with the inquiry of three wishes and he responded by telling her:

  1. “I wish I could jump off the Brooklyn Bridge and make it! You want a serious wish? I wish I could make a record album I’d be satisfied with.”
  2. “Oh God, this is hellishly difficult! I wish I could live like a millionaire. I don’t want to be one. I want to live like one.”
  3. “I hope I’ll still be playing when I’m a hundred.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Three Wishes

While hanging out with Larry Gales one evening Nica asked him what he would wish for if given three he said:

  1. “Eternal life.”
  2. “More knowledge of the instrument.”
  3. “Safe journey.”
*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 approached Percy Brice to ask him what his three wishes would be if they could be granted, he told her the following:

  1. “Eternal life.”
  2. “Not to have any money at all. I’ll make out, y’know, as long as I’m living and playing.”
  3. “And that’s my third wish… to keep playing.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Mercer Ellington was queried as to his three wishes by Pannonica and he replied:

  1. “Time.”
  2. “Love.”
  3. “And satisfaction in my work.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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Three Wishes

The Baroness asked Joe Farrell what his three wishes would be and his response was:

  1. “Money! And if I had that, it would satisfy the second and third wish.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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