Three Wishes

When Nica asked what his three wishes would be, Dizzy Reece retorted:

1. “A million!”
2. “To have the health to play my horn.”
3. “I sincerely hope that the roots of jazz will be universally accepted.”

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

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Three Wishes

Dave Burns was asked by Pannonica his three wishes and his comment was:

1. “Health.”
2. “Wealth”
3. “A loyal wife.”

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

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Requisites

The Memorial Album is a 1947 album by Fats Navarro recorded on the Blue Note record label with The Tadd Dameron Sextet, The Howard McGhee Sextet and Bud Powell’s Modernists. The cover was design by noted jazz musician, book and album cover designer Paul Bacon.

This album was part of their Modern Jazz Series and recorded at WOR Studios, NYC on September 26, 1947 (A1, A4, B2, B3), Apex Studios, NYC, September 13, 1948 (A3), Apex Studios, NYC, October 11, 1948 (B1) and WOR Studios, NYC, August 9, 1949 (A2)

Tracklist:

A1 The Squirrel – Composer: Tadd Dameron A2 52nd St. Theme – Composer: Thelonious Monk A3 Lady Bird – Composer: Tadd Dameron A4 The Chase – Composer: Tadd Dameron B1 Double Talk – Composer: Fats Navarro*, Howard McGhee* B2 Dameronia – – Composer: Tadd Dameron B3 Our Delight – Composer: Tadd Dameron

Personnel Credits: Alto Saxophone – Ernie Henry (tracks: A1, A4 to B3) Bass – Curly Russell (tracks: A3, B1), Nelson Boyd (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3), Tommy Potter (tracks: A2) Drums – Kenny Clarke (tracks: A3, B1), Roy Haynes (tracks: A2), Shadow Wilson(tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3) Piano – Bud Powell (tracks: A2), Milton Jackson* (tracks: B1), Tadd Dameron (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B2, B3) Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B3), Sonny Rollins (tracks: A2), Wardell Gray (tracks: A3) Trumpet – Fats Navarro, Howard McGhee (tracks: B1)

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Three Wishes

Blue Mitchell told Pannonica only two of the three wishes to her question were:

1. “That I can play simply and understandably, and know what I doing musically.”
2. “To have enough to live comfortably. Sorry, Nica, but this cat’s waiting for me.”

*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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