Three Wishes

When the Baroness asked Jerome Richardson what three things he would wish for he responded by saying:

1. “To play this horn.”
2. “To be a first-class citizen.”
3. “To make money.”

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

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Three Wishes

J. C. Heard told the Baroness his answers to her three questions were:

1. “Not to have to worry about when the next gig’s coming up.”
2. “To have enough money to be sure that my family would be able to live in comfort all the rest of their days.”
3. “To always be remembered for my contribution to jazz, just the way Bird is today.”

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

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Three Wishes

Responding to her question of three wishes Eric Dolphy gave Nica only two answers:

1. “To continue playing music all my life.”
2. “A home and a car in New York. That’s all.”

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

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Three Wishes

Inquiring about his three wishes by the Baroness Pannonicathe responses from Chris Anderson were:

1. “To be situated so that I have nothing whatever to worry about but music for a while.”
2. “All the best for the rest of the world – just the way they want it.”
3. “To find love. To get ahold of the music. All this is really one and the same thing.”

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

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Three Wishes

Nica asked Eugene Wright his three wishes only to get this response:

1. “Can you name me a prophet or philosopher who wrote a great book overnight? It is impossible for me to answer this question.”

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

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