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Three Wishes

Dick Katz told Nica if given that his three wishes would be:

1. “There would have to be new Steinways in all the clubs.”
2. “Drummers would not be allowed to play as loud as this one.”
3. “I’d like to have time to think about number three.”

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

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The Baroness inquired of Jimmy Wilkins as to what his three wishes would be and he responded by saying:

1. “I wish my first wife would hurry up and give me a fu**ing divorce.”
2. “I wish I could put my day gig down and play some music.”
3. “I wish I was rich.”

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

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Frankie Dunlop told Pannnica that his three wishes would be:

1. “I wish I was rich.”
2. “Did you see that little girl I was talking to over at the bar? I sure wish we could get together.”
3. “I hope my jazz-pantomime act will make a big boom all over the nation.”

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

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Nica asked Jual Curtis what his three wishes would be and he replied:

1. “To be straight as far as work is concerned.”
2. “To be able to play.”
3. “To have peace of mind.”

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

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When the Baroness asked Art Davis what he would have as his three wishes he said:

1. “Tho be successful and to help people.”
2. “To have anything and everything I want.”
3. “To be loved and admired by everyone.”

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

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