Three Wishes
When Al Haig was asked to respond to the Baroness’s three wish request he stated via telephone:
- “Coitus! Hurry over to the Algonquin and I’ll tell you what two and three are.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Tasking Wilbur Ware to give up his three wishes by the Baroness he retorted:
- “That I could get my life straightened out, so that I could be accepted otherwise, as well as musically.”
- “To be able to play music. And, out of my musical ability, to be able to have security for my family as well as myself.”
- “For the world to live in peace and harmony.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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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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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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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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