Three Wishes

The Baroness asked Clifford Jordan of his three wishes and he said:

1. “I think I’d like to be you asking me that question.”
2. “I wish I was on intermission.”
3. “I wish to be a success.”

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

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Three Wishes

Blue Mitchell told Pannonica only two of the three wishes to her question were:

1. “That I can play simply and understandably, and know what I doing musically.”
2. “To have enough to live comfortably. Sorry, Nica, but this cat’s waiting for me.”

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

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Three Wishes

Replying to the Baroness’s inquiry of three wishes Hank Jones only had one:

1. “To be the top, the greatest in the world on my instrument.”

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

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Three Wishes

Wes Montgomery’s response to Nica’s query was: 

1. “Happiness.”
2. “No discrimination whatsoever.”
3. “Peace”

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

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Three Wishes

When  Charles Mingus was questioned of his three wishes he stated:

1. “I have no wishes! No wishes at all. Well, I wouldn’t mind having enough money to pay my bills. But that’s absolutely all.”
2. “I’ve changed.”

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

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