Three Wishes
When the Baroness inquired of Spanky De Brest what, if granted, his three wishes would be he answered her with:
- “I want my whole salary from Birdland!”
- “To be situated in New York, happily with my family.”
- “Play my bass as well as God can allow me to.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Pannonica asked Miles Davis if he had three wishes bestowed upon him what would his answers be and he replied simply with:
- “To be white.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
When the Baroness inquired of Benny Green if given what three things would he wish for he told her:
- “The first thing I would think of would be to have a little money bestowed upon me. Well, really, if that happened, that would be all. The rest I’d be able to bestow upon myself.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
What Reggie Workman told Nica his three wishes would be were the following:
- “Complete health, which includes peace of mind.”
- “Everlasting happiness with my wife and family.”
- “That the art of jazz will find its rightful place all over the world, which will be a sign of man’s disregarding things that have kept people unhappy.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Erroll Garner was puzzled by the question asked of the Baroness he said to her this:
- “I don’t know! I feel as though I’m limited with only three wishes. I feel as though I’m limited.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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