Three Wishes
In response Charlie Rouse told Nica his three wishes would be:
- “To be an excellent musician.”
- “To own a jazz club and promote very good jazz.”
- “That America would recognize it’s a true art.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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The Prophetic Herbie Nichols Vol. 1 is the debut album by pianist Herbie Nichols in 1955. The album, released as a 10 inch LP on the Blue Note label, features six performances recorded by May 4th – 13th in the bop, hard bop and post bop styles.
Nichols begins his statement with Dance Line, then Step Tempest, The Third World, Blue Chopsticks, Double Exposure and Cro-Magnon Nights all follow to make up the complete album and were all composed by Nichols.
An interesting note, from 1947 he spent half a decade trying to get a contract with Blue Note and his persistence finally paid off when he finally inked a three album deal. The art was conceived by New York School abstract expressionist painter Martin Craig providing a rare and befitting cover for the purveyor of art piano music.
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Three Wishes
The answers to Pannonica’s question of three wishes from Jimmy Garrison were:
- “Help.”
- “Security.”
- “To be able to play this fellow.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Blues On The Other Side is a 1962 album recorded by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri on the Argo label at the Van Gelder studios in New Jersey. He is joined by pianist Bruce Martin, bassist Julie Ruggiero and drummer Joseph Porcero, Jr. and this early album proves to be a lively mix of piano and vibes.
Six songs make up this 32 minute and 22 second post-bop album opening with the title track Blues On The Other Side, followed by, If I Were A Bell, Tenderly, B. R. Blues, When I Fall In Love and closing with Waltzin’ In and Out.
Walter Gross, Albert Selden and Frank Loesser composed the songs, Hiroshi Kawasaki mastered the project and the cover photograph was taken by Roy Decarava.
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Three Wishes
J. J. Johnson had only one wish to Nica’s query and that was:
- “To be able to play exactly what I have in my mind.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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