Three Wishes

Responding to the question of three wishes by the Baroness Gene Taylor said:

  1. “Money.”
  2. “Health. That’s all there is.”

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

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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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