Three Wishes
From the Notes of Nica de Koenigswarter:
You can quote Satchmo as saying:
“Health is wealth! If I were sick, and I wanted to borrow a dime, d’you think that cat would cross the street to offer it to me? No, sir! I’d have to have my health to go and get it from him.”
“And people would never get sick if they didn’t get constipated. Why, I’ve never had an operation in my life, because I never let myself get constipated.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
When asked, Louis Armstrong had three wishes he told to Pannonica:
- “One year off my horn to listen to all the tapes I’ve colected and index them, so I can write a few things. The rest will do me good”
- “That I go back to the world and see the fans, and play for them again.”
- “That I live a hundred years, so I can enjoy what the next generation’s doing, same as I do this one.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Nica inquired of Adriano Acea what his three wishes would be and he told her:
- “I would like to play music as it should be played.”
- “I’d love to have money to make my family happy. I thinkI could enjoylife from there.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Baby Laurence responded to the Baroness’ question of this wishes with these answers:
- “That show business~not Negro or white show business, but show business~would come back like it used to be.”
- “That the American people would have a better appreciation of art.”
- “That pretty soon again, you won’t see a presentation show without a jazz tap dancer.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Three Wishes
Cherokee Conyers answered Nica inquiry of what his three wishes would be by telling her:
- “Good health.”
- “A nice home.”
- “Happiness. No! I want happiness secondPut the “nice home” third.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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