Three Wishes
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley told the Baroness that his three wishes were:
- “I wish that racial discrimination would be eliminated from the face of the earth, in all directions.”
- “I wish for some sort of subsidy for the jazz art, so that those truly dedicated artists may create music, let’s say unscathed or distorted because of social and economic necessity. Only under these circumstances may there exist jazz expression free from bitterness, jealousy, grief, and the put-down syndrome.”
- “I must honestly confess that I would wish for certain various and sundry circumstances indigenous to healthy and happy home life for my wife and myself.”
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Three Wishes
Kenny Dorham was asked what his three wishes were and he told Nica that he would wish for the following:
- “Money.”
- “Happiness’d take care of all that sh*t!”
- “To have the ecstasy granted to me of music.”
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Three Wishes
When Pannonica inquired what his three wishes would be Bob Cranshaw replied with these three answers:
- “That Barry Harris would go to Chicago with us for two weeks.”
- “That I might learn how to play the bass!”
- “That my family will be proud of me.”
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Three Wishes
Upon receiving the question of three wishes from the Baroness, Frank Rehak responded with:
“Improvement of the caliber of recorded music. In general, the public has been exposed – via radio, TV, disc-jockeys, etc. – to bad sounds for many years, which in turn has caused a yardstick of poor music to measure by. If, on the other hand, good music had been given the same exploitation, the taste of John Q. Public would have been made vastly more musical, if by nothing more than the repeated playing and hearing of music worthwhile. I.e.: If any person is exposed to any sound continuously, and for a long period of enough time, it will begin to sound musical to him.
Classic example: The audience hisses, booed, and left the auditorium when Bach first used the sixth in addition to a triad-which of course is now one of the most common sounds used in any type of music. Ditto the dominant seventh which, when first employed, was considered completely distasteful, dissonant, and disgusting to the uneducated ear.
To sum this rambling up, I wish that more good music could be brought across to the general public via any medium. It would make we musicians’ jobs so much more fun and educational.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Nica’s curiosity led her to inquire of Charlie Shavers as to what he would answer if given three wishes and he said:
- “Youth.”
- “Health.”
- “Happiness.”
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