Three Wishes

Doug Watkins was asked for his three wishes by Nica and his answers were:

1. “To be rich, prosperous, and a millionaire. Oh! I didn’t know you were serious. Change that – change that! To really be able to play.”
2. “To live as a man should live.”
3. “I want to go to Japan.”

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

Doug Watkins: March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962 / Bass

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Three Wishes

The answers to Elmo Hope’s three wish request by the Baroness were:

1. “To be working.”
2. “To be in better condition than I am now.”
3. “To help my fellow man.”

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

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Three Wishes

The three things that Horace Silver wished for were:

1. “Immortality.”
2. “To be rich.”
3. “A baby.”

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

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Three Wishes

Clark Terry said his three wishes would be:

1. “To be assured of health, so as to have happiness and a long life.”
2. “To be wealthy enough to never to have to worry about money.”
3. “I would like to have something happen to everyone to abolish that old racist shit.”

*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 bassist Ali Jackson what his three wishes were and he told her:

1. “To be on a hip, swinging gig. That’s all I need.”
2. “To be inspired to practice – which I would be if the first wish came true!”
3. “To find a bass fiddle I saw in Cleveland in 1951. That fiddle was so old, the wood was black on the outside –  really black, you know? And the inside was yellow. It was brought from Russia in 1890. It was heavy, and when I tried it, man, what a sound! I ran all over town borrowing money from everybody – even my landlady – and I got together about $350. But when I got back it was gone. They sold it for $750. But it would be worth $2,000 now. I’d like to find that fiddle.”

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

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