Three Wishes

The Baroness inquired of Harold Mabern of his three wishes and he answered her:

  1. “To get a wife for the rest of my life.”
  2. “Peace.”
  3. “Happiness.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

ROBYN B. NASH

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Carmen for Cool Ones is a 1958 album by jazz singer Carmen McRae, arranged by cellist Fred Katz. The studio sessions were recorded in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 16, 1957 and released in 1958 on the Decca Records label. Discovered and signed to the label by Decca’s A&R head Milt Gabler to fill the void and niche Ella Fitzgerald created, this was her sixth album for the label.

Tracks | 36:15 1. All the Things You Are (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) 2. A Shoulder to Cry On 3. Any Old Time (Artie Shaw) 4. Weak for the Man (Jeanne Burns) 5. What’s New? (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) 6. I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) 7. What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry? (Walter Donaldson/Abe Lyman) 8. Without a Word of Warning (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) 9. If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser) 10. You Are Mine 11. The Night We Called It a Day (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) 12. I_Remember_Clifford_(song)”>I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks) Players

  • Carmen McRae – vocals, piano
  • Fred Katz – arranger, conductor, cello
  • Ike Isaacs – double bass
  • Joe Marino – celeste, piano
  • Mahlon Clark – bass clarinet
  • Justin Gordon – saxophone
  • George W. Smith – clarinet
  • Specs Wright – drums
  • Buddy Collette – flute, alto saxophone
  • Harry Klee – flute
  • Vincent DeRosa – French horn
  • Joseph R. Gibbons – guitar
  • Frank Emilio Flynn – marimba, vibraphone
  • Warren Webb – oboe
  • Thirteen string players

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Three Wishes

When presented the question of three wishes to Hank Hayne by Nica he said:

  1. “Enough money to live.”
  2. “A good-paying job with a good group.”
  3. “The people that’s close – I want them to be happy. Now I’ve got everything covered.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

ROBYN B. NASH

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Griff & Lock is an album by saxophonists Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label. The original sessions were produced by Orrin Keepnews and were recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City on November 4 & 10, 1960. The engineer was Ray Fowler and the cover designs were by Ken Deardoff and Donald Silverstein.

The three studio albums recorded for Jazzland by the aptly named Tough Tenors, Johnny Griffin and Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, and their calorific Junior Mance-Larry Gales-Ben Riley rhythm section epitomize what this incendiary group was about ~ Swinging! They are at the height of their game together.

Track Listing 1. The Last Train from Overbrook (James Moody) 6:51 2. Hey Lock! (Eddie Davis) 7:56 3. Midnight at Minton’s (Paul Gonzales) 4:20 4. Second Balcony Jump (Gerry Valentine) 5:24 5. I’ll Remember April (Raye-DePaul-Johnston) 6:33 6. Good Bait (Dameron-Basie) 7:39 Personnel Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis & Johnny Griffin Quintet Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Johnny Griffin ~ tenor saxophone Junior Mance ~ piano Larry Gales ~ bass Ben Riley ~ drums

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Three Wishes

The Baroness inquired of Flip Stewart what he would wish for if he had three wishes and he replied:

  1. “A good gig, playing with cats I can really stretch out with ~ who cook!”
  2. “I have a daughter. I wish I could get he set up so things’d be nice for her when she gets ready to go to college. She’s ten and she plays the piano.”
  3. “I want to get myself straightened out.”

*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter

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