Three Wishes

Pannonica had the opportunity to query three wishes from Joe Williams and he told her:  

  1. “I wish everyone could be happy.”
  2. “Since God’s given me the tenor, I’d like to sing the things I want to sing, with the apropos background.”
  3. “I wish that there would be as much publicity about the jazz musicians that support their families as there is about their failings. And that’s ninety-five percent of them, support their families.”

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

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Three Wishes

Tommy Potter was pensive when of his three wishes by the Baroness but answered her questions with:  

  1. “An adequate amount of money to carry me through and take careof my family.”
  2. “A healthy situation for everyone immediately concerned with me, plus an adequate amount of knowledge.”
  3. “That I might be able to play music that is pleasing, not only to myself but to folks that will listen.”

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

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The Baroness awaited his answer after inquiring of Sam Jones what his three wishes were, he said:  

  1. “I’ve already had two wishes: to play with Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie. So all I need now is one: to be a great jazz musician.”

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

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Having asked Wynton Kelly of his three wishes he responded to Nica with these answers:  

  1. “To make some money.”
  2. “More money.”
  3. “To get around my instrument a little more.”

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

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When Panninica asked Max Roach what his three wishes would be, he simply said: 

  1. “Wishes would be a superfluous luxury for me, because I have everything I desire. That’s the most important thing in the world.”

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

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