Three Wishes
Charlie Byrd told Pannonica his three wishes were:
- “I’d like to play scales like Sabicas.”
- “I’d like to get a tone like Segovia.”
- “And rhythmic drive like Wes Montgomery. And it’s an impossibility to have all that, but that’s what I wish.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
More girl talk between Nica and Miriam Makeba produced the following answers to the three wishes question:
- “First in life. I want to live as long as I can”
- “Freedom for my countries. Africa, as a whole, is my country. I like freedom for all men.”
- “I like continued success.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
While having girl talk between Nica and Terry Pollard she asked her what her three wishes would be if they could be granted:
- “A baby girl.”
- “Guaranteed good health.”
- “An un~segregated world.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
The question was posed to Kenny Burrell related to three wishesand he told the Baroness Pannonica:
- “No race prejudice.”
- “Much less emphasis on materialistic values.”
- “Ample opportunity for and encouragement of individual expression of humanistic values.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Pannonica inquired of Leo Wright, if given three, what would he wish for and he answered her by saying:
- “I wish that people would be more individualistic.”
- “The problem in my profession, that the supply is greater than the demand… I wish that that wasn’t so.”
- “I wish the public in general would realize the importance of jazz.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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