Three Wishes
Inquisitive as the Baroness was when she asked Eddie Jones what his three wishes were he told her:
- “I would wish for better health for my daughter. That is really my only wish.”
- “Well, maybe there is one other: more willpower.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
The answer that Billy Strayhorn gave Pannonica when she asked him what his three wishes would be, if given, was:
1. “I would wish that music would become ever more beautiful than it is, and that I would be able to listen to it forever, and write it forever.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Frank Foster replied to the question the Baroness posed of his three wishes by telling her:
1. “Enlightenment! You know what I mean when I say that?”
2. “The absolute love of one person.”
3. “To see the whole world.”
*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 Mariano as to what would be his three wishes were and he told her:
- “I wish I had Bird’s heart and technique. But who needs the technique? If I had Bird’s heart, that would be enough.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Nica spoke with Toshiko Akiyoshi and made the inquiry of her three wishes were she blessed with them and she replied with the following:
- “I want to be a pianist who can play everything in my mind. If I had this wish, I think two and three… I know they will come.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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