Three Wishes
When inquiry of three wishes came from Nica to Paul Chambers, he responded with:
- “Fame.”
- “Fortune.”
- “Happiness.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”
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The Amazing Shoichi Yui is a compilation album of songs recorded on the Blue Note label that was released in 1985.
There are only two tracks on the album with Side One being The Golden Age Of Modern Jazz with 25 songs and Side Two Jazz In Transition with 18 songs. Included is commentary by Shoichi Oilai and numerous performances of songs like Night Dreamer, Maiden Voyage, Old Devil Moon and Moanin for example.
Some of the musicians on this 42 song compilation include Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Kenny Drew, among others.
Commentary is in Japanese but to listen to excerpts of the music copy and paste this link in browser: https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm19249586
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Three Wishes
When the Baroness questioned Walter Bishop , Jr. of his three wishes he answered:
- “Peace of mind.”
- “To make a contribution to jazz music.”
- “To help others.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”
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Cedar! is the debut album by pianist Cedar Walton released on the Prestige label and recorded on July 10, 1967 in New York City. The session was produced by Don Sclitten and engineered by Richard Alderson.
Of the six songs recorded, four were composed by Cedar Walton. My Ship by Ira Gershwin & Kurt Weill, and Come Sunday by Duke Ellington. The Bonus track of Take The “A” Train by Billy Strayhorn was added on the CD reissue.
The tracks were recorded in the following order:
- Turquoise Twice
- Twilight Waltz
- My Ship
- Short Stuff
- Head and Shoulders
- Come Sunday
- Take the “A” Train
Pianist Cedar Walton brought in a stellar group of musicians that included trumpeter Kenny Dorham on tracks 1, 2 & 5-7, tenor saxophone Junior Cook on tracks 1, 5 & 6, Leroy Vinnegar on bass and rounding out the quintet was drummer Billy Higgins.
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When asked Bobby Timmons replied:
- “To have some money.”
- “To have nice house of my own .”
- “Oh! You can’t put that in your book? All right then. I wish I may give something to the world.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”
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