Three Wishes

When she asked Ram Ramirez what he would say his three wishes were he replied to Nica:

1. “To be rich.”
2. “To be richer.”
3. “To find the Fountain of Youth, lay claim, and own it! With all that equipment, how dare you? How can you possibly compete with me? If I’m going to be sick, let me be young and sick. Not ‘like’ young and sick, but young and sick.”

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Three Wishes

The Baroness inquired of Harold Mabern of his three wishes and he answered her:

1. “To get a wife for the rest of my life.”
2. “Peace.”
3. “Happiness.”

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Requisites

Live at Bradley’s is a live album that was recorded by pianist Kenny Barron on April 3-4 1996 at 70 University Place in New York City. It wasn’t released until 2001 on the French EmArcy label, then on Sunnyside Records in 2002. The two-night live sessions rendered five selections from this veteran masters for a total of one hour, five minutes and fifty-one seconds. The recording was produced by Joanne Klein and engineered by Jim Alexander.

1. Everybody Loves My Baby (Spencer Williams, Jack Palmer) – 15:27
2. Solar (Miles Davis) – 11:26
3. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 9:44
4. Alter Ego” (James Williams) – 13:23
5. Canadian Sunset (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 15:51

• Kenny Barron – piano
• Ray Drummond – bass
• Ben Riley – drums

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Three Wishes

When Pannonica asked Ronnie Mathews what his three wishes were he said:

1. “I wish there was a greater acceptance of jazz.”
2. “I wish there wouldn’t be any more wars.”
3. “I wish to have a trio of my own one day.”

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

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Requisites

Journey In Satchidananda is the fourth solo album by Alice Coltrane recorded on November 8, 1970. Avant-garde in its jazz direction and released in 1971, its title and title track reflects Coltrane’s inspiration by Swami Satchidananda whom John Coltrane had become close to while being his disciple.

Shiva-Loka or realm of Shiva references the realm of the third member of the Hindu trinity, the dissolver of creation. Stopover Bombay refers to a five-week stay in India and Sri Lanka on which Coltrane was due to go in December 1970. Something About John Coltrane is based on themes by her late husband, John Coltrane. Isis and Osiris, on which Charlie Haden replaces Cecil McBee on bass, and Vishnu Wood plays oud, indicates Coltrane’s interest in Middle Eastern and North African music and culture. The presence of the tamboura, played by Tulsi, reflects Coltrane’s interest in Indian classical music and religion.

1. Journey in Satchidananda ~ 6:39
2. Shiva-Loka ~ 6:37
3. Stopover Bombay ~ 2:54

1. Something About John Coltrane ~ 9:44
2. Isis and Osiris ~ 11:49

Tracks A1–B1 were recorded at the Coltrane home studio in Dix Hills, New York on November 8, 1970. Track B2 was a live recording at The Village Gate in New York City on July 4, 1970. Tracks A1 to B1

• Alice Coltrane – piano, harp
• Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
• Cecil McBee – double bass
• Rashied Ali – drums
• Tulsi – tanpura
• Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine

• Alice Coltrane – harp
• Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
• Rashied Ali – drums
• Charlie Haden – bass
• Vishnu Wood – oud

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