Three Wishes

When the Baroness asked Clifford Jarvis what his three wishes were he said:

1. “New drums.”
2. “$14,000 for a new home.”
3. “A car.”

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

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Requisites

Devil May Care is the debut album released in 1961 by American jazz vocalist Teri Thornton featuring tracks recorded on December 23, 1960 and January 10, 1961 in New York City for the Riverside label.

>Norman Simmons was the arranger for the sessions that elapsed for 39 minutes and 19 seconds and was produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Track Listing

• Lullaby Of The Leaves
• Devil May Care
• Detour Ahead
• The Song Is You
• My Old Flame
• What’s Your Story, Morning Glory
• Dancing In The Dark
• Left Alone
• Blue Champagne
• I Feel A Song Coming On
• What’s New
• Blue Skies

Personnel

• Teri Thornton – vocals
• Clark Terry – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Earle Warren – alto saxophone
• Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
• Wynton Kelly – piano
• Freddie Green (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 12) – guitar
• Sam Herman (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11) – guitar
• Sam Jones – bass
• Jimmy Cobb – drums

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Three Wishes

Lex Humphries was inquired of his three wishes and he responded to Pannonica with:

1. “Money.”
2. “Health.”
3. “Long life.”

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

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Requisites

White Rabbit is the 1972 CTI Records album recorded by George Benson on November 23, 24 & 30, 1971. The title track is a cover of the famous Great Society/Jefferson Airplane song by Grace Slick. The album was produced by Creed Taylor, arranged by Don Sebesky and engineered by Rudy Van Gelder at his studios in Englewood, New Jersey. The album was designed by Bob Ciano and the photograph used on the cover was of a South African Pondo tribes woman was taken by Pete Turner in 1970.

This album was the recording debut of guitarist Earl Klugh featured on El Mar, was only seventeen years old then. White Rabbit was the first Grammy Award nomination to George Benson in 1972 for Best Jazz Performance by a Group.

Tracks

• White Rabbit ( Grace Slick)
• The From Summer of ‘42 (Michel Legrand)
• Little Train (from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 2) (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
• California Dreaming (John Phillips)
• El Mar (The Sea) (George Benson)

Personnel

• George Benson – guitar
• Jay Berliner – Spanish guitar
• Earl Klugh – acoustic guitar (only on 5)
• Ron Carter – double bass, electric bass (on 1 and 3)
• Herbie Hancock – electric piano
• Billy Cobham – drums
• Airto Moreira – percussion, vocals
• Phil Kraus – vibes, percussion
• Gloria Agostini – harp

Woodwinds

• Phil Bodner – flute, alto flute, oboe, English horn
• Hubert Laws – flute, alto flute, piccolo. (Flute solo on 1)
• George Marge – flute, alto flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn
• Romeo Penque – English horn, oboe, alto flute, clarinet, bass clarinet
• Jane Taylor – bassoon

Brass

• Wayne Andre – trombone, baritone horn
• Jim Buffington – French horn
• John Frosk – trumpet, flugelhorn. (Trumpet solo on 1 and 5)
• Alan Rubin – trumpet, flugelhorn

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Three Wishes

Asking Don Michaels of his three wishes, he told Nica the following:

1. “To be the recognized top musician.”
2. “To have the right group.”
3. “To have an understanding wife.”

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

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