Three Wishes

When she asked Ram Ramirez what he would say his three wishes were he replied to Nica:

1. “To be rich.”
2. “To be richer.”
3. “To find the Fountain of Youth, lay claim, and own it! With all that equipment, how dare you? How can you possibly compete with me? If I’m going to be sick, let me be young and sick. Not ‘like’ young and sick, but young and sick.”

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Requisites

Some Other Spring is an album by Norwegian vocalist Karin Krog with American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in Norway in 1970 and originally released on the Sonet label in Europe. The session was produced by Hallvard Kvale and Johs Berg on May 10, 1970, in Oslo, Norway.

Tracks | 61:54

1. Some Other Spring (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 5:00
2. Blue Monk (Abbey Lincoln, Thelonious Monk) – 3:55
3. How Insensitive (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 4:30
4. Blue Eyes (Berndt Egerbladh, Karin Krog) – 4:50
5. Jelly, Jelly (Billy Eckstein, Earl Hines) – 4:55
6. I Wish I Knew (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 5:25
7. Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool (Ace Adams, Lionel Hampton) – 4:35
8. Shiny Stockings (Frank Foster, Ella Fitzgerald) – 3:40

• Karin Krog – vocals
• Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone, vocals
• Kenny Drew – piano
• Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen – bass
• Espen Rud – drums

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Three Wishes

Al Harewood responded to Pannonica’s question of three wishes by telling her:

1. “I wish to be honest: to myself and to other people.”
2. “I wish I could please others – as wel as myself – in my contributions to music.”
3. “I wish God would help me to be a gentleman, and keep me truthful to myself, to others, and Him.”

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

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Requisites

Attica Blues is a studio album by avant-garde jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded on January 24~26, 1972 at A&R Recording in New York City.. Originally released in 1972 on the Impulse! label, the album title is a reference to the Attica Prison riots. The producer on the sessions was Ed Michel.

Track List | 37:16 All compositions by Archie Shepp except as indicated

1.      Attica Blues (lyrics by Beaver Harris) – 4:49
2.      Invocation: Attica Blues (Beaver Harris) – 0:18
3.      Steam, Part 1 – 5:08
4.      Invocation to Mr. Parker” (lyrics by Bart Gray) – 3:17
5.      Steam, Part 2 – 5:10
6.      Blues for Brother George Jackson – 4:00
7.      Invocation: Ballad for a Child (Harris) – 0:30
8.      Ballad for a Child (lyrics by Harris) – 3:37
9.      Good-Bye Sweet Pops (Cal Massey) – 4:23
10. Quiet Dawn (Massey) – 6:12

• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone (1, 6, 8, 10) and soprano saxophone (3, 5, 9)
• Brass and reed section on tracks 1, 6, 9 and 10
  • Clifford Thornton – cornet
  • Roy Burrows, Charles McGhee, Michael Ridley – trumpet
  • Charles Greenlee, Charles Stephens, Kiane Zawadi – trombone
  • Hakim Jami – euphonium
  • Clarence White – alto saxophone
  • Roland Alexander, Billy Robinson – tenor saxophone
  • James Ware – baritone saxophone
• String section on tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8—10
  • John Blake, Leroy Jenkins, Lakshinarayana Shankar – violin
  • Ronald Lipscomb, Calo Scott – cello
• Marion Brown – alto saxophone (1, 6), bamboo flute (3), flute (4), percussion (3—5)
• Walter Davis, Jr. – electric piano (1, 6), piano (6, 8—10)
• Dave Burrell – electric piano (3, 5)
• Cornell Dupree – guitar (1, 3, 5, 8)
• Roland Wilson (1, 3, 5–6, 8), Gerald Jemmott (1) – Fender bass
• Jimmy Garrison – bass (3—5, 9, 10)
• Beaver Harris (1, 3, 5–6, 8) – drums
• Ollie Anderson, Nene DeFense, Juma Sultan – percussion (1, 6, 10)
• Vocals
  • Henry Hull (1, 8), Joe Lee Wilson (3, 5) – vocals
  • William Kunstler (2, 7), Bartholomew Gray (4) – narrator
  • Joshie Armstead, Albertine Robertson – backing vocals (1)
• Featured exclusively on tracks 9 and 10, written by Cal Massey
  • Romulus Franceschini – conductor and co-arranger
  • Cal Massey – fluegelhorn (10)
  • Waheeda Massey – vocals (10)
  • Billy Higgins – drums

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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.”

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