Three Wishes
The Baroness asked Oscar Peterson what his three wishes would be and he said:
1. “I wish I could play the piano the way I want to.”
2. “I wish everyone was born with innate understanding of all art forms.”
3. “Love throughout the world, individual to individual.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
When Ed Thigpen was approached by Nica and asked what his three wishes would be if given he told her:
1. “That there would be love amongst all people in the world~complete, you understand.”
2. “That I always keep my family happy. You know, my wife. It would be nice to say “in sickness and in health.”
3. “I’d like to be a master, or a complete musician. Know music completely, inside out.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Queried by Pannonica as to what, if given, would be his three wishes and Illinois Jacquet told her:
1. “That people would become civilized.”
2. “That the whole world would believe in God.”
3. “That everyone would dig music.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
The answer that Billy Strayhorn gave Pannonica when she asked him what his three wishes would be, if given, was:
1. “I would wish that music would become ever more beautiful than it is, and that I would be able to listen to it forever, and write it forever.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Frank Foster replied to the question the Baroness posed of his three wishes by telling her:
1. “Enlightenment! You know what I mean when I say that?”
2. “The absolute love of one person.”
3. “To see the whole world.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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