Three Wishes
The three things that Horace Silver wished for were:
- “Immortality.”
- “To be rich.”
- “A baby.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Clark Terry said his three wishes would be:
- “To be assured of health, so as to have happiness and a long life.”
- “To be wealthy enough to never to have to worry about money.”
- “I would like to have something happen to everyone to abolish that old racist shit.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Nica asked bassist Ali Jackson what his three wishes were and he told her:
- “To be on a hip, swinging gig. That’s all I need.”
- “To be inspired to practice – which I would be if the first wish came true!”
- “To find a bass fiddle I saw in Cleveland in 1951. That fiddle was so old, the wood was black on the outside – really black, you know? And the inside was yellow. It was brought from Russia in 1890. It was heavy, and when I tried it, man, what a sound! I ran all over town borrowing money from everybody – even my landlady – and I got together about $350. But when I got back it was gone. They sold it for $750. But it would be worth $2,000 now. I’d like to find that fiddle.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
When Al Haig was asked to respond to the Baroness’s three wish request he stated via telephone:
- “Coitus! Hurry over to the Algonquin and I’ll tell you what two and three are.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Tasking Wilbur Ware to give up his three wishes by the Baroness he retorted:
- “That I could get my life straightened out, so that I could be accepted otherwise, as well as musically.”
- “To be able to play music. And, out of my musical ability, to be able to have security for my family as well as myself.”
- “For the world to live in peace and harmony.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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